PDF study of the structural disorder in a quantum spin liquid candidate

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We have identified a potential quantum spin liquid by tuning the magnetic interactions on a square lattice through d10-d0 cation mixing. MuSR shows dynamic magnetism down to 0.25 K in Sr2Cu(Te0.5W0.5)O6, and a strong T-linear dependence to the low temperature specific heat. Frustrated magnetism on the square lattice is described by the J1-J2 spin-1/2 Heisenberg square lattice model, where the region at J2/J1~0.5 is currently under debate. However no experimental evidence of a compound with J2/J1~0.5 had been found previously. In Sr2Cu(Te0.5W0.5)O6 structural disorder and magnetic frustration are inherently linked with each Cu square containing either Te6+ or W6+ promoting either a dominant J1 or J2 interaction. On triangular lattices it has been proposed that a disorder-induced gapless QSL state is possible. We therefore wish to use PDF to study the local structure of Sr2Cu(Te0.5W0.5)O6.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.92918594
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/92918594
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Creator Mr Philip Welch; Dr Joe Paddison; Dr Helen Walker; Dr Helen Playford; Professor Maarit Karppinen; Dr Otto Mustonen; Mr Sami Vasala
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-04-28T07:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-04-30T08:38:43Z