Observed only in the past decade, quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are currently the focus of intense research. Potential applications range from quantum computing and electronic data storage, to high-temperature superconductivity. A multi-national research team has demonstrated that an unusual form of quantum spin dynamics suggestive of a QSL is present at low temperatures in the iridium-based compound Na2IrO3. In a first for the field of QSL research, the team unequivocally showed that the iridium compound achieves its quantum state through “bond-directional interactions,” wherein the electronic spin interactions of the compound are intertwined with its crystallographic directions.
By establishing that these bond-directional interactions can suppress the iridium compound's magnetic ordering, the scientists have provided a new path for realizing the QSL state in a variety of materials. The electronic and magnetic structure of two Na2IrO3 samples were characterized by x-ray measurements performed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Photon Source (APS) and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF).
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