Crystal growth

BaCu₂V₂O₈

The novel quantum magnet BaCu₂V₂O₈ is a rare physical realization of a onedimensional antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic dimerized chain which displays strongly correlated phenomena at elevated temperatures.

ES Klyushina, AC Tiegel, B Fauseweh, ATMN Islam, JT Park, B Klemke, A Honecker, GS Uhrig, SR Manmana, B Lake, Phys. Rev. B 93 241109(R) (2016)

BaNi₂V₂O₈

A spin -1 honeycomb antiferromagnet, expected to be 2D Heisenberg magnet with XY anisotropy, a potential candidate for the BKT transition.

ES Klyushina, B Lake, ATMN Islam, JT Park, A Schneidewind, T Guidi, EA Goremychkin, B Klemke, M Månsson  Phys. Rev. B 96, 214428 (2017)

α-CaCr₂O₄

A distorted triangular lattice antiferromagnet with Cr³⁺ ions having spin-3/2, which reveals competing magnetic phases.

S Toth, B Lake, SAJ Kimber, O Pieper, M Reehuis, ATMN Islam, O Zaharko, C Ritter, AH Hill, H Ryll, K Kiefer, DN Argyriou, and AJ Williams, Phys. Rev. B 84, 054452 (2011)

Ca₁₀Cr₇O₂₈

Ca₁₀Cr₇O₂₈ is a physical realization of a quantum spin liquid based on a complex frustration mechanism

C Balz, B Lake, J Reuther, H Luetkens, R Schönemann, T Herrmannsdörfer, Y Singh, ATMN Islam, EM Wheeler, JA Rodriguez-Rivera, T Guidi, GG Simeoni, C Baines, H Ryll, Nature Physics 12 (2016) 942

MgV₂O₄

A cubic spinel with V³⁺ ions with spin-1 in a pyrochlore lattice forming a highly frustrated structure of corner sharing tetrahedra.

ATMN Islam, E M Wheeler, M Reehuis, K Siemensmeyer, M Tovar, B Klemke, K Kiefer, AH Hill, B Lake, Phys. Rev. B 85, 024203 (2012)

Nd₂Zr₂O₇

A proximate to U1 spin liquid with a ordered ground state showing quantum moment fragmentation doublet on the pyrochlore lattice.

J Xu, VK Anand, AK Bera, M Frontzek, DL Abernathy, N Casati, K Siemensmeyer, B Lake Phys. Rev. B 92 (2015) 224430

${\mathrm{Pr}}_2{\mathrm{Hf}}_2{O}_7$

The pyrohafnate compound ${\mathrm{Pr}}_2{\mathrm{Hf}}_2{O}_7$ is a candidate compound for quantum spin-ice behavior.

VK Anand, L Opherden, J Xu, DT Adroja, ATMN Islam, T Herrmannsdörfer, J Hornung, R Schönemann, M Uhlarz, HC Walker, N Casati, B Lake, Phys. Rev B 94 (2016) 144415

SrCo₂V₂O₈

Quasi 1D spin-1/2 antiferromagnet with Heisenberg-Ising (XXZ) anisotropy.

 AK Bera, B Lake, WD Stein, S Zander, Phys. Rev. B 89, 094402 (2014)

Sr₃Cr₂O₈

A dimerized spin-1/2 antiferromagnet with frustrated interdimer interactions due to hexagonal structure.

DL Quintero-Castro, B Lake, ATMN Islam, EM Wheeler, C Balz, M Månsson, KC Rule, S Gvasaliya, and A Zheludev, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 127206 (2012)

SrNi₂V₂O₈

A Haldane chain compound with the addition perturbations of both single ion anisotropy and interchain coupling.

AK Bera, B Lake, ATMN Islam, O Janson, H Rosner, A Schneidewind, JT Park, E Wheeler, S Zander, Phys. Rev. B 91, 144414 (2015)