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arXiv:1702.01658 · Chinese Physics Letters

Gapped Spin-1/2 Spinon Excitations in a New Kagome Quantum Spin Liquid Compound Cu3Zn(OH)6FBr

Zili Feng, Zheng Li, Xin Meng, Wei Yi, Yuan Wei, Jun Zhang, Yan-Cheng Wang, Wei Jiang, Zheng Liu, Shiyan Li, Feng Liu, Jianlin Luo, Shiliang Li, Guo‐qing Zheng, Zi Yang Meng, Jia‐Wei Mei, Youguo Shi

Published Jun 1, 2017• 152 citations
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Abstract

Gapped Spin-1/2 Spinon Excitations in a New Kagome Quantum Spin Liquid Compound Cu3Zn(OH)6FBr*, Feng, Zili, Li, Zheng, Meng, Xin, Yi, Wei, Wei, Yuan, Zhang, Jun, Wang, Yan-Cheng, Jiang, Wei, Liu, Zheng, Li, Shiyan, Liu, Feng, Luo, Jianlin, Li, Shiliang, Zheng, Guo-qing, Meng, Zi Yang, Mei, Jia-Wei, Shi, Youguo
DOI
10.1088/0256-307x/34/7/077502

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