An international team of scientists led by Rice University's Pengcheng Dai has confirmed the existence of emergent photons and fractionalized spin excitations in a rare quantum spin liquid. Published ...

To confirm they indeed had a quantum spin liquid on their hands, the team cooled their samples, revealing a characteristic dynamic magnetism all the way down to 19 mK. They used a number of different ...

Quantum spin liquid, in case you are unaware, is a theoretical special state of matter where tiny magnetic particles don’t settle in a fixed pattern. It is believed this can even occur at the ...

NIST has confirmed long-standing suspicions among physicists that electrons in a crystalline structure called a kagome (kah-go-may) lattice can form a “spin liquid,” a novel quantum state of matter in ...

The quantum spin liquid is the latest entry in that bestiary of cryptid states. Its atoms don’t freeze into any sort of ordered state, and they’re constantly in flux.

Spin-liquid-like state in a spin-1/2 square-lattice antiferromagnet perovskite induced by d10–d0 cation mixing. Nature Communications , 2018; 9 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03435-1 Cite This Page : ...

For two decades, it was believed that a possible quantum spin liquid was discovered in a synthetically produced material. In this case, it would not follow the laws of classical physics even on a ...

A quantum spin liquid Honeycomb lattice meets elusive standards of the Kitaev model Date: October 24, 2017 Source: Boston College Summary: Researchers report creating a metal oxide with a ...

Quantum spin liquid explains some of the odd behaviors inside magnetic materials. In these materials, the electrons should behave like small bar magnets, all aligning towards magnetic north when a ...

This antiferromagnetic material closely resembles the ideal Kitaev honeycomb model for a spin liquid, and undergoes a transition to a spin liquid at a temperature of 0.5 K in the presence of a strong ...