Coupled frustrated ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic quantum spin chains in the quasi-one-dimensional mineral antlerite Cu3SO4(OH)4

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Beitragende

Abstract

Magnetic frustration, the competition among exchange interactions, often leads to novel magnetic ground states with unique physical properties which can hinge on details of interactions that are otherwise difficult to observe. Such states are particularly interesting when it is possible to tune the balance among the interactions to access multiple types of magnetic order. We present antlerite Cu3SO4(OH)(4) as a potential platform for tuning frustration. Contrary to previous reports, the low-temperature magnetic state of its three-leg zigzag ladders is a quasi-one-dimensional analog of the magnetic state recently proposed to exhibit spinon-magnon mixing in botallackite. Density functional theory calculations indicate that antlerite's magnetic ground state is exquisitely sensitive to fine details of the atomic positions, with each chain independently on the cusp of a phase transition, indicating an excellent potential for tunability.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
AufsatznummerL020405
Seitenumfang7
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review B
Jahrgang106
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 28 Juli 2022
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 85135721041
ORCID /0000-0002-2438-0672/work/142253079

Schlagworte

Fächergruppen, Lehr- und Forschungsbereiche, Fachgebiete nach Destatis

Schlagwörter

  • MAGNETIC-STRUCTURES, SPECTROMETER, CRYSTAL, FIELD

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