Crystal structure analysis of new hyperhoneycomb iridate beta-H2IrO3

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The realization of a spin liquid is a long-sought dream in condensed matter physics. The theoretical predication for Kitaev spin liquid in honeycomb iridates triggered tremendous interests. We discovered a new platform for Kitaev physics, beta-Li2IrO3 with a 3D analogue of honeycomb lattice dubbed hyperhoneycomb lattice. beta-Li2IrO3 in fact undergoes a magnetic ordering. Interestingly, an application of pressure drastically changes the magnetic properties of beta-Li2IrO3, indicating that its magnetic ground state is sensitive to lattice distortion. We therefore synthesized a new hyperhoneycomb iridate beta-H2IrO3 by an ion-exchange reaction to tune the lattice distortion. The magnetism of beta-H2IrO3 looks quite different from beta-Li2IrO3, but the details of structure are unknown. We plan to analyse such details with high resolution powder neutron diffraction measurements at HRPD.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.84802137
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/84802137
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Creator Dr Aleks Krajewska; Dr Alexandra Gibbs; Professor Hidenori Takagi; Dr Tomohiro Takayama
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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Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2017-03-12T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-11-26T08:15:31Z