A Cu2+(S = 1/2) Kagomé Antiferromagnet: MgxCu4−x(OH)6Cl2

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• 作者：Shaoyan Chu ; Tyrel M. McQueen ; Robin Chisnell ; Danna E. Freedman ; Peter Mü ; ller ; Young S. Lee ; Daniel G. Nocera
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：April 28, 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：132
• 期：16
• 页码：5570-5571
• 全文大小：142K
• 年卷期：v.132,no.16(April 28, 2010)
• ISSN：1520-5126

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Spin-frustrated systems are one avenue for inducing macroscopic quantum states in materials. However, experimental realization of this goal has been difficult because of the lack of simple materials and, if available, the separation of the unusual magnetic properties arising from exotic magnetic states from behavior associated with chemical disorder, such as site mixing. Here we report the synthesis and magnetic properties of a new series of magnetically frustrated materials, Mg_xCu_4−x(OH)₆Cl₂. Because of the substantially different ligand-field chemistry of Mg²⁺ and Cu²⁺, site disorder within the kagom layers is minimized, as directly measured by X-ray diffraction. Our results reveal that many of the properties of these materials and related systems are not due to disorder of the magnetic lattice but rather reflect an unusual ground state.