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Bandyopadhyay A, Das D, Chakraborty A, Bhowal S, Kumar V, Stenning GBG, Ritter C, Adroja DT, Moretti Sala M, Efimenko A, Meneghini C, Bert F, Biswas PK, Dasgupta I, Saha Dasgupta T, Mahajan AV, Ray S. Disordered magnetic ground state in a quasi-1-D d4columnar iridate Sr 3LiIrO 6. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2024; 36:425804. [PMID: 39013404 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad63eb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2024] [Accepted: 07/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/18/2024]
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Spin-orbit coupling offers a large variety of novel and extraordinary magnetic and electronic properties in otherwise 'ordinary pool' of heavy ion oxides. Here we present a detailed study on an apparently isolated hexagonal 2Hspin-chaind4iridate Sr3LiIrO6with geometric frustration. Our structural studies reveal Li-Ir chemical order with desired stoichiometry in this compound, while x-ray absorption together with x-ray photoemission spectroscopic characterizations establish pure 5+ valence of Ir. We have established a magnetic ground state with finite Ir5+magnetic moments in this compound, contrary to the anticipated nonmagneticJeff= 0 state, through combined dc susceptibility,7Li nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), muon spin relaxation (µSR) andab-initioelectronic structure studies. These investigations together with ac magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements reveal that despite having noticeable antiferromagnetic correlation among the Ir5+local moments, this system does not magnetically order down to at least 0.05 K, possibly due to geometrical exchange frustration, arising from the comparable nearest- and next-nearest-neighbor interchain Ir-O-O-Ir superexchange interaction strengths with opposite signs. However, the zero-fieldµSR analysis shows emergence of a considerable proportion of spin-freezing on top of a spin-fluctuating dynamic magnetic background down to the lowest measured temperature of 1.7 K, possibly due to some inhomogeneity and/or the much stronger intra-column Ir-Ir magnetic exchange interaction strength relative to the inter-column Ir-Ir ones. The linear temperature dependence of the magnetic specific heat (Cm) in both zero and applied magnetic fields, plus the power-law behavior of the NMR spin-lattice relaxation rate suggest a gapless spinon density of states in this charge gapped disordered magnetic ground state of Sr3LiIrO6.
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- Abhisek Bandyopadhyay
- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, India
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- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
- Materials Theory, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 20156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, P.zza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Universitá Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale, 84 I-00146 Roma, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91405 Orsay, France
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- ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX110QX, United Kingdom
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- School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Material Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Block JD, Sector 3, Saltlake, Kolkata 700106, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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Darie C, Bordet P, Viaud M, Guillot-Deudon C, Deniard P, Gautron E, Colin C, Porcher F, Berlanda G, Bert F, Mendels P, Payen C. Two new cubic perovskite oxides Ba3CoSb2O9 and Ba2SrCoSb2O9: Syntheses, crystal structures and magnetic properties. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Khatua J, Arh T, Mishra SB, Luetkens H, Zorko A, Sana B, Rao MSR, Nanda BRK, Khuntia P. Development of short and long-range magnetic order in the double perovskite based frustrated triangular lattice antiferromagnet Ba[Formula: see text]MnTeO[Formula: see text]. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6959. [PMID: 33772050 PMCID: PMC7997969 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84876-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Frustrated magnets based on oxide double perovskites offer a viable ground wherein competing magnetic interactions, macroscopic ground state degeneracy and complex interplay between emergent degrees of freedom can lead to correlated quantum phenomena with exotic excitations highly relevant for potential technological applications. By local-probe muon spin relaxation ([Formula: see text]SR) and complementary thermodynamic measurements accompanied by first-principles calculations, we here demonstrate novel electronic structure and magnetic phases of Ba[Formula: see text]MnTeO[Formula: see text], where Mn[Formula: see text] ions with S = 5/2 spins constitute a perfect triangular lattice. Magnetization results evidence the presence of strong antiferromagnetic interactions between Mn[Formula: see text] spins and a phase transition at [Formula: see text] = 20 K. Below [Formula: see text], the specific heat data show antiferromagnetic magnon excitations with a gap of 1.4 K, which is due to magnetic anisotropy. [Formula: see text]SR reveals the presence of static internal fields in the ordered state and short-range spin correlations high above [Formula: see text]. It further unveils critical slowing-down of spin dynamics at [Formula: see text] and the persistence of spin dynamics even in the magnetically ordered state. Theoretical studies infer that Heisenberg interactions govern the inter- and intra-layer spin-frustration in this compound. Our results establish that the combined effect of a weak third-nearest-neighbour ferromagnetic inter-layer interaction (owing to double-exchange) and intra-layer interactions stabilizes a three-dimensional magnetic ordering in this frustrated magnet.
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- J. Khatua
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
- Quantum Centre for Diamond and Emergent Materials, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
- Functional Oxide Research Group, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova c. 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska u. 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Condensed Matter Theory and Computational Lab, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
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- Laboratory for Muon-Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova c. 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska u. 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
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- Department of Physics, Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre and Materials Science Research Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
- Quantum Centre for Diamond and Emergent Materials, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
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- Condensed Matter Theory and Computational Lab, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
- Functional Oxide Research Group, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
- Atomistic Modelling and Materials Design Group, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
- Quantum Centre for Diamond and Emergent Materials, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
- Functional Oxide Research Group, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036 India
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Kryukov E, Perez Linde AJ, Raghunathan S, Burgess S, Jonsen P, Good J. On the magnetic field stability of cryogen-free magnets for magnetic resonance applications. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2020; 105:101639. [PMID: 31816589 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2019.101639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The temporal magnetic field variation associated with Cold Head operation in cryogen-free magnets was studied. Three different mechanisms for such variations were tested separately and rated by their importance. It was found that mechanical displacement of the magnet inside the cryostat is the main issue of magnetic field perturbation. In a cryostat with the Gifford- McMahon type of cryocooler, motion of the displacer with magnetic material inside also produces significant field modulation. The temperature variation of the magnet, although noticeable, leads to smaller field distortions compared to the previous two factors. It was shown that the temporal magnetic field variation could be reduced down to below 20 ppb level that could be acceptable for MRI and MAS NMR applications. It was also shown that a single cryogen-free magnet could be easily used at different fields on a day-to-day basis without compromising the field stability unlike magnets housed in a liquid helium reservoir.
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- Cryogenic Ltd, London, UK; TalaveraScience, Harrogate, UK
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Ahmed B, Jo H, Yoon SW, Choi K, Chen W, Chou F, Ok KM. Mixed Transition Metal (Oxy)fluoride Paramagnet Chains: Synthesis, Structure, and Characterization. Eur J Inorg Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201900509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Belal Ahmed
- Department of Chemistry Chung‐Ang University 06974 Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Chung‐Ang University 06974 Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics Chung‐Ang University 06974 Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics Chung‐Ang University 06974 Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences National Taiwan University 10617 Taipei Taiwan
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- Center for Condensed Matter Sciences National Taiwan University 10617 Taipei Taiwan
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center 30076 Hsinchu Taiwan
- Taiwan Consortium of Emergent Crystalline Materials Ministry of Science and Technology 10622 Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry Sogang University 04107 Seoul Republic of Korea
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Man H, Halim M, Sawa H, Hagiwara M, Wakabayashi Y, Nakatsuji S. Spin-orbital entangled liquid state in the copper oxide Ba 3CuSb 2O 9. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2018; 30:443002. [PMID: 30210058 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aae106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Structure with orbital degeneracy is unstable toward spontaneous distortion. Such orbital correlation usually has a much higher energy scale than spins, and therefore, magnetic transition takes place at a much lower temperature, almost independently from orbital ordering. However, when the energy scales of orbitals and spins meet, there is a possibility of spin-orbital entanglement that would stabilize novel ground state such as spin-orbital liquid and random singlet state. Here we review on such a novel spin-orbital magnetism found in the hexagonal perovskite oxide Ba3CuSb2O9, which hosts a self-organized honeycomblike short-range order of a strong Jahn-Teller ion Cu2+. Comprehensive structural and magnetic measurements have revealed that the system has neither magnetic nor Jahn-Teller transition down to the lowest temperatures, and Cu spins and orbitals retain the hexagonal symmetry and paramagnetic state. Various macroscopic and microscopic measurements all indicate that spins and orbitals remain fluctuating down to low temperatures without freezing, forming a spin-orbital entangled liquid state.
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- Huiyuan Man
- Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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Akbari-Sharbaf A, Sinclair R, Verrier A, Ziat D, Zhou HD, Sun XF, Quilliam JA. Tunable Quantum Spin Liquidity in the 1/6th-Filled Breathing Kagome Lattice. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:227201. [PMID: 29906141 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.227201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We present measurements on a series of materials, Li_{2}In_{1-x}Sc_{x}Mo_{3}O_{8}, that can be described as a 1/6th-filled breathing kagome lattice. Substituting Sc for In generates chemical pressure which alters the breathing parameter nonmonotonically. Muon spin rotation experiments show that this chemical pressure tunes the system from antiferromagnetic long range order to a quantum spin liquid phase. A strong correlation with the breathing parameter implies that it is the dominant parameter controlling the level of magnetic frustration, with increased kagome symmetry generating the quantum spin liquid phase. Magnetic susceptibility measurements suggest that this is related to distinct types of charge order induced by changes in lattice symmetry, in line with the theory of Chen et al. [Phys. Rev. B 93, 245134 (2016)PRBMDO2469-995010.1103/PhysRevB.93.245134]. The specific heat for samples at intermediate Sc concentration, which have the minimum breathing parameter, show consistency with the predicted U(1) quantum spin liquid.
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- A Akbari-Sharbaf
- Institut Quantique and Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200, USA
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- Institut Quantique and Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Institut Quantique and Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200, USA
- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
- Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, People's Republic of China
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- Institut Quantique and Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada
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Sugii K, Shimozawa M, Watanabe D, Suzuki Y, Halim M, Kimata M, Matsumoto Y, Nakatsuji S, Yamashita M. Thermal Hall Effect in a Phonon-Glass Ba_{3}CuSb_{2}O_{9}. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:145902. [PMID: 28430491 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.145902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A distinct thermal Hall signal is observed in a quantum spin liquid candidate Ba_{3}CuSb_{2}O_{9}. The transverse thermal conductivity shows a power-law temperature dependence below 50 K, where a spin gap opens. We suggest that because of the very low longitudinal thermal conductivity and the thermal Hall signals, a phonon Hall effect is induced by strong phonon scattering of orphan Cu^{2+} spins formed in the random domains of the Cu^{2+}-Sb^{5+} dumbbells in Ba_{3}CuSb_{2}O_{9}.
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- K Sugii
- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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Darie C, Lepoittevin C, Klein H, Kodjikian S, Bordet P, Colin CV, Lebedev OI, Deudon C, Payen C. A new high pressure form of Ba3NiSb2O9. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2016.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Smerald A, Mila F. Disorder-Driven Spin-Orbital Liquid Behavior in the Ba3XSb2O9 Materials. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 115:147202. [PMID: 26551821 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.147202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Recent experiments on the Ba(3)XSb(2)O(9) family have revealed materials that potentially realize spin- and spin-orbital liquid physics. However, the lattice structure of these materials is complicated due to the presence of charged X(2+)-Sb(5+) dumbbells, with two possible orientations. To model the lattice structure, we consider a frustrated model of charged dumbbells on the triangular lattice, with long-range Coulomb interactions. We study this model using Monte Carlo simulation, and find a freezing temperature, T(frz), at which the simulated structure factor matches well to low-temperature x-ray diffraction data for Ba(3)CuSb(2)O(9). At T=T(frz) we find a complicated "branching" structure of superexchange-linked X(2+) clusters, which form a fractal pattern with fractal dimension d(f)=1.90. We show that this gives a natural explanation for the presence of orphan spins. Finally we provide a plausible mechanism by which such dumbbell disorder can promote a spin-orbital resonant state with delocalized orphan spins.
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- Andrew Smerald
- Institut de Théorie des Phénomènes Physiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut de Théorie des Phénomènes Physiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Absence of Jahn-Teller transition in the hexagonal Ba3CuSb2O9 single crystal. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:9305-9. [PMID: 26170280 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1508941112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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With decreasing temperature, liquids generally freeze into a solid state, losing entropy in the process. However, exceptions to this trend exist, such as quantum liquids, which may remain unfrozen down to absolute zero owing to strong quantum entanglement effects that stabilize a disordered state with zero entropy. Examples of such liquids include Bose-Einstein condensation of cold atoms, superconductivity, quantum Hall state of electron systems, and quantum spin liquid state in the frustrated magnets. Moreover, recent studies have clarified the possibility of another exotic quantum liquid state based on the spin-orbital entanglement in FeSc2S4. To confirm this exotic ground state, experiments based on single-crystalline samples are essential. However, no such single-crystal study has been reported to date. Here, we report, to our knowledge, the first single-crystal study on the spin-orbital liquid candidate, 6H-Ba3CuSb2O9, and we have confirmed the absence of an orbital frozen state. In strongly correlated electron systems, orbital ordering usually appears at high temperatures in a process accompanied by a lattice deformation, called a static Jahn-Teller distortion. By combining synchrotron X-ray diffraction, electron spin resonance, Raman spectroscopy, and ultrasound measurements, we find that the static Jahn-Teller distortion is absent in the present material, which indicates that orbital ordering is suppressed down to the lowest temperatures measured. We discuss how such an unusual feature is realized with the help of spin degree of freedom, leading to a spin-orbital entangled quantum liquid state.
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Ishiguro Y, Kimura K, Nakatsuji S, Tsutsui S, Baron AQR, Kimura T, Wakabayashi Y. Dynamical spin–orbital correlation in the frustrated magnet Ba3CuSb2O9. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2022. [PMID: 23771213 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Mendez R, Zheng Z, Fan Z, Rajagopalan S, Sun Q, Zhang K. Exposure to fine airborne particulate matter induces macrophage infiltration, unfolded protein response, and lipid deposition in white adipose tissue. Am J Transl Res 2013; 29:225802. [PMID: 23573366 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa68eb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Recent epidemiological studies have suggested a link between exposure to ambient air-pollution and susceptibility to metabolic disorders such as Type II diabetes mellitus. Previously, we provided evidence that both short- and long-term exposure to concentrated ambient particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter <2.5 μm (PM2.5) induces multiple abnormalities associated with the pathogenesis of Type II diabetes mellitus, including insulin resistance, visceral adipose inflammation, brown adipose mitochondrial adipose changes, and hepatic endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. In this report, we show that chronic inhalation exposure to PM2.5 (10 months exposure) induces macrophage infiltration and Unfolded Protein Response (UPR), an intracellular stress signaling that regulates cell metabolism and survival, in mouse white adipose tissue in vivo. Gene expression studies suggested that PM2.5 exposure induces two distinct UPR signaling pathways mediated through the UPR transducer inositol-requiring 1α (IRE1α): 1) ER-associated Degradation (ERAD) of unfolded or misfolded proteins, and 2) Regulated IRE1-dependent Decay (RIDD) of mRNAs. Along with the induction of the UPR pathways and macrophage infiltration, expression of genes involved in lipogenesis, adipocyte differentiation, and lipid droplet formation was increased in the adipose tissue of the mice exposed to PM2.5. In vitro study confirmed that PM2.5 can trigger phosphorylation of the UPR transducer IRE1α and activation of macrophages. These results provide novel insights into PM2.5-triggered cell stress response in adipose tissue and increase our understanding of pathophysiological effects of particulate air pollution on the development of metabolic disorders.
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- Roberto Mendez
- Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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