Citation: | Yantao Cao, Huanpeng Bu, Zhendong Fu, Jinkui Zhao, Jason S Gardner, Zhongwen Ouyang, Zhaoming Tian, Zhiwei Li, Hanjie Guo. Synthesis, disorder and Ising anisotropy in a new spin liquid candidate PrMgAl11O19[J]. Materials Futures, 2024, 3(3): 035201. doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ad4a93 |
Author contributions
Conceptualization: H G, Z T; crystal growth: Y C and H G; measurement: Y C, H B, Z T and Z O; analysis: Y C and H G; validation: Z F, J S G, Z L, and J Z; writing: J S G Z T and H G with inputs from all authors. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflict of interests.
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