Synthesis, disorder and Ising anisotropy in a new spin liquid candidate PrMgAl<sub>11</sub>O<sub>19</sub>

Yantao Cao; Huanpeng Bu; Zhendong Fu; Jinkui Zhao; Jason S. Gardner; Zhongwen Ouyang; Zhaoming Tian; Zhiwei Li; Hanjie Guo

doi:10.1088/2752-5724/ad4a93

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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

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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

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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

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Synthesis, disorder and Ising anisotropy in a new spin liquid candidate PrMgAl₁₁O₁₉

Materials Futures, Volume 3, Number 3

Received Date: 2024-01-19
Accepted Date: 2024-05-12
Publish Date: 2024-05-31

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doi: 10.1088/2752-5724/ad4a93

1 Key Lab for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People’s Republic of China
2 Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, People’s Republic of China
3 Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
4 Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States of America
5 School of Physics and Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China

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This research was funded by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Grant No. 2022B1515120020), and the NSF of China with Grant Nos. 12004270 and 11874158. A portion of this work was performed on the Steady High Magnetic Field Facilities, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, CAS. A portion of this work was supported by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy.

Abstract

Abstract

Here we report the successful synthesis of large single crystals of triangular frustrated PrMgAl₁₁O₁₉ using the optical floating zone technique. Single crystal x-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements unveiled the presence of quenched disorder within the mirror plane, specifically ~7% of Pr ions deviating from the ideal 2d site towards the 6h site. Magnetic susceptibility measurements revealed an Ising anisotropy with the c-axis being the easy axis. Despite a large spin–spin interaction that develops below ~10 K and considerable site disorder, the spins do not order or freeze down to at least 50 mK. The availability of large single crystals offers a distinct opportunity to investigate the exotic magnetic state on a triangular lattice with an easy axis out of the plane.
- spin liquid,
- disorder,
- frustration,
- triangular lattice,
- Ising anisotropy