CRC 1143 – Correlated Magnetism

As part of the collaborative research centre CRC 1143 - “Correlated Magnetism: From Frustration to Topology”, we are currently investigating two families of compounds with triangular or honeycomb arrangements of magnetically active cations. Specifically, we are investigating delafossites with a general composition of AMX₂ and ferrates, such as
K_2–xFe₄O_7–x(OH)_x.

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The delafossites that are being investigated have an undistorted trigonal arrangement of magnetically active cations with preferential antiferromagnetic coupling. At very low temperatures, magnetic frustration is then observed because in this arrangement, not all of the neighbouring magnetic moments can simultaneously align antiparallel to one another. For ions with an effective moment of J_eff = ½ this may result in a non-singularly ordered ground state. Instead, a superposition of states with minimal energy may result which is known as a quantum spin liquid (QSL); the underlying theory was proposed by Anderson in the middle of the 1970’s. Up to now, no real compound with an unquestionably proven QSL ground state has been identified. However, within our group we have been able to prepare a material that comes closer to Anderson’s prediction than any other material so far: NaYbS₂. Besides the Yb-based delafossites, our group also focusses on Ce- and Ti-based delafossites, which are also comprehensively characterised within the CRC.

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The second group of compounds investigated within our group contain a honeycomb net arrangement of magnetically active ions. With a suitable magnetic coupling, a magnetically frustrated ground state may also result. Transition metal halides such as a-RuCl₃ have been studied extensively in this regard over the last couple of years, also within the CRC. In order to tune the frustration, the interactions between the honeycomb nets play an important role and can be influenced by the structural design. In ferrates such as K_2–xFe₄O_7–x(OH)_x the honeycomb nets are connected via tetrahedral pairs that act as spacers. By varying the ions within these pairs, the coupling between the honeycomb nets can be accessed and the magnetic properties can be varied accordingly.

Principal investigators

Prof. Dr. Michael Ruck

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Doert

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M. Sc. Ellen Häußler

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Ms Ellen Häußler M.Sc.

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Mr Manuel Schulze M. Sc.

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Literature

Delafossites

• Häußler, Ellen: Synthese und Charakterisierung von Thio und Selenodelafossiten LiTiS₂, LiTiSe₂ und NaYb_1-xLuxS₂. Dresden, Technische Universität, Master thesis, 2019

• Baenitz, M.; Schlender, Ph.; Sichelschmidt, J.; Onykiienko, Y. A.; Zangeneh, Z.; Ranjith, K. M.; Sarkar, R.; Hozoi, L.; Walker, H. C.; Orain, J.-C.; Yasuoka, H.; van den Brink, J.; Klauss, H. H.; Inosov, D. S.; Doert, Th.: NaYbS2: A planar spin-1/2 triangular-lattice magnet and putative spin liquid. In: Physical Review B 98 (2018), S. 220409.

• Sichelschmidt, J.; Schlender, Ph.; Schmidt, B.; Baenitz, M.; Doert, Th.: Electron spin resonance on the spin-1/2 triangular magnet NaYbS2. In: J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31 (2019), S. 205601.

• K. M. Ranjith, S. Luther, T. Reimann, B. Schmidt, P. Schlender, J. Sichelschmidt, H. Yasuoka, A. M. Strydom, I. Scurschii, J. Wosnitza, H. Kühne, T. Doert, M. Baenitz,
  Anisotropic field-induced ordering in the triangular-lattice quantum spin liquid NaYbSe₂, Phys. Rev. B 100, 224417 (2019) (arXiv)

• R. Sarkar, Ph. Schlender, V. Grinenko, E. Haeussler, Peter J. Baker, Th. Doert, H.-H. Klauss, Quantum spin liquid ground state in the disorder free triangular lattice NaYbS₂, Phys. Rev. B 100, 241116(R) (2019) (arXiv)

• G. Bastien, B. Rubrecht, E. Haeussler, P. Schlender, Z. Zangeneh, S. Avdoshenko, R. Sarkar, A.  Alfonso, S. Luther, Y. A. Onykiienko, H. C. Walker, H. Kühne, V. Grinenko, Z. Guguchia, V. Kataev, H.-H. Klauss, L. Hozoi, J. van den Brink, D. S. Inosov, B. Büchner, A. U. B. Wolter, T. Doert, Long-range magnetic order in the S = 1/2 triangular lattice antiferromagnet KCeS₂, SciPost Physics 9, 041 (2020) (arXiv)

• A. A. Kulbakov, S. M. Avdoshenko, I. Puente-Orench, M. Deep, M. Doerr, P. Schlender, T. Doert, D. S. Inosov, Stripe-yz magnetic order in the triangular-lattice antiferromagnet KCeS₂, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 33, 425802 (2021) (arXiv)

• B. Schmidt, J. Sichelschmidt, K. M. Ranjith, Th. Doert, M. Baenitz, Yb delafossites: unique bond dependent exchange frustration of 4f spin 1/2 moments on a perfect triangular lattice, Phys. Rev. B. 103, 214445 (2021) (arXiv)

• E. Häußler, J. Sichelschmidt, M. Baenitz, E. C. Andrade, M. Vojta, T. Doert,
  Diluting a triangular-lattice spin liquid: Synthesis and characterization of NaYb_1-xLu_xS₂ single crystals,Phys. Rev. Mater. 6, 046201(2022) (arXiv)

Ferrates

• Albrecht, R.; Hunger, J.; Doert, Th.; Ruck, M.; Block, Th.; Pottgen, R.; Senyshyn, A.; Ruck M.: Oxo-Hydroxoferrate K2–xFe4O7–x(OH)x: Hydroflux Synthesis, Chemical and Thermal Instability, Crystal and Magnetic Structures. In. ChemistryOpen 8 (2019), S. 74.

• R. Albrecht, J. Hunger, M. Hölzel, R. Pöttgen, T. Block, Th. Doert, M. Ruck,
  Antiferromagnetic Alkali Metal Oxohydroxoferrates(III) with Correlated Hydrogen Bonding Systems, ChemistryOpen 8, 1399–1406 (2019)

• R. Albrecht, M. Hoelzel, H. Beccard, M. Rüsing, L. Eng, Th. Doert, M. Ruck, Potassium Ion Conductivity in the Cubic Labyrinth of a Piezoelectric, Antiferromagnetic Oxoferrate(III)-Tellurate(VI), Chem. Eur. J. 27, 14299 (2021)

TM trihalides

• Koitzsch, C. Habenicht, E. Müller, M. Knupfer, B. Büchner, H. C. Kandpal, J. van den Brink, D. Nowak, A. Isaeva, and T. Doert, Jeff Description of the Honeycomb Mott Insulator a-RuCl3, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 126403 (2016).

• A. Koitzsch, C. Habenicht, E. Müller, M. Knupfer, B. Büchner, S. Kretschmer, M. Richter, J. van den Brink, F. Börrnert, D. Nowak, A. Isaeva, and T. Doert, Nearest-neighbor Kitaev exchange blocked by charge order in electron doped a-RuCl3, Phys. Rev. Mater. 1, 052001(R) (2017).

• U. B. Wolter, L. T. Corredor, L. Janssen, K. Nenkov, S. Schönecker, S.-H. Do, K.-Y. Choi, R. Albrecht, J. Hunger, T. Doert, M. Vojta, and B. Büchner, Field-induced quantum criticality in the Kitaev system a-RuCl3, Phys. Rev. B 96, 041405(R) (2017).

• R. Hentrich, A. U. B. Wolter, X. Zotos, W. Brenig, D. Nowak, A. Isaeva, T. Doert, A. Banerjee, P. Lampen-Kelley, D. G. Mandrus, S. E. Nagler, J. Sears, Y.-J. Kim, B. Büchner, and C. Hess, Large field-induced gap of Kitaev-Heisenberg paramagnons in a-RuCl3, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 117204 (2018).

• T. Biesner, S. Biswas, W. Li, Y. Saito, A. Pustogow, M. Altmeyer, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, M. Roslova, T. Doert, S. M. Winter, R. Valenti, and M. Dressel, Detuning the Honeycomb of a-RuCl3: Pressure-Dependent Optical Studies Reveal Broken Symmetry, Phys. Rev. B 97, 220401(R) (2018).

• G. Bastien, G. Garbarino, R. Yadav, F. J. Martinez-Casado, R. Beltran Rodriguez, Q. Stahl, M. Kusch, S. P. Limandri, R. Ray, P. Lampen-Kelley, D. G. Mandrus, S. E. Nagler, M. Roslova, A. Isaeva, T. Doert, L. Hozoi, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, J. Geck, and J. van den Brink, Pressure-induced dimerization and valence bond crystal formation in the Kitaev-Heisenberg magnet a-RuCl3, Phys. Rev. B, 97, 241108(R) (1018).

• R. Hentrich, M. Roslova, A. Isaeva, T. Doert, W. Brenig, B. Büchner, C. Hess,
  Large thermal Hall effect in α-RuCl₃: Evidence for heat transport by Kitaev-Heisenberg paramagnons, Phys. Rev. B 99,  085136 (2019)

• G. Bastien, M. Roslova, M. H. Haghighi K. Mehlawat, J. Hunger, A. Isaeva, T. Doert, M. Vojta, B. Büchner, A. U. B. Wolter, Spin-glass state and reversed magnetic anisotropy induced by Cr doping in the Kitaev magnet α-RuCl₃, Phys. Rev. B 99, 214410 (2019) (arXiv)

• M. Roslova, J. Hunger, G. Bastien, D. Pohl, H. Haghighi, A.U.B. Wolter, A. Isaeva, U. Schwarz, B. Rellinghaus, K. Nielsch, B. Büchner, T. Doert, Detuning the Honeycomb of the α-RuCl₃ Kitaev lattice: A case of Cr³⁺ dopant, Inorg. Chem. 58, 6659-6668 (2019)

• A. Koitzsch, E. Müller, M. Knupfer, B. Büchner, D. Nowak, A. Isaeva, Th. Doert, M. Grüninger, S. Nishimoto, J. van den Brink, Low temperature enhancement of ferromagnetic Kitaev correlations in α-RuCl₃, Phys. Rev. Mater. 4, 094408 (2020) (arXiv)

• R. Hentrich, X. Hong, M. Gillig, F. Caglieris, M. Culo, M. Shahrokhvand, U. Zeitler, M. Roslova, A. Isaeva, T. Doert, L. Janssen, M. Vojta, B. Büchner, C. Hess, High-field thermal transport properties of the Kitaev quantum magnet α-RuCl₃: evidence for low-energy excitations beyond the critical field, Phys. Rev. B 102, 235155 (2020) (arXiv)

• T. Klaproth, E. Müller, C. Habenicht, B. Büchner, M. Knupfer, M. Roslova, A. Isaeva, T. Doert, A. Koitzsch, Tuning the electronic structure of the trichloride honeycomb lattice by transition metal substitution, Phys. Rev. Mater. 6, 01400 (2022)

Manganese Bismuth Tellurides

• R. C. Vidal, A. Zeugner, J. I. Facio, R. Ray, M. H. Haghighi, A. U. B. Wolter, L. T. Corredor Bohorquez, F. Caglieris, S. Moser, T. Figgermeier, T. R. F. Peixoto, H. B. Vasili, M. Valvidares, S. Jung, C. Cacho, A. Alfonsov, K. Mehlawat, V. Kataev, Ch. Heß, M. Richter, B. Büchner, J. van den Brink, M. Ruck, F. Reinert, H. Bentmann, A. Isaeva, Topological electronic structure and intrinsic magnetization in MnBi₄Te₇: a Bi₂Te₃-derivative with a periodic Mn sublattice,
  Phys. Rev. X. 9, 041065 (2019) (arXiv)

• R. C. Vidal, H. Bentmann, T.R.F. Peixoto, A. Zeugner, S. Moser, C.H. Min, S. Schatz, K. Kißner, M. Ünzelmann, C. I. Fornari, H. B. Vasili, M. Valvidares, K. Sakamoto, J. Fujii, I. Vobornik, T. K. Kim, R. J. Koch, C. Jozwiak, A. Bostwick, J. D. Denlinger, E. Rotenberg, J. Buck, M. Hoesch, F. Diekmann, S. Rohlf, M. Kalläne, K. Rossnagel, M.M. Otrokov, E.V. Chulkov, M. Ruck, A. Isaeva, F. Reinert, Surface states and Rashba-type spin polarization in antiferromagnetic MnBi₂Te₄ (0001). Phys. Rev. B. 100, 121104(R) (2019)​ (arXiv)

• A. Zeugner, F. Nietschke, A. U. B. Wolter, S. Gaß, R. C. Vidal, T. R. F. Peixoto, D. Pohl, C. Damm, A. Lubk, R. Hentrich, S. K. Moser, C. Fornari, C. Hee Min, S. Schatz, K. Kißner, M. Ünzelmann, M. Kaiser, F. Scaravaggi, B. Rellinghaus, K. Nielsch, C. Heß, B. Büchner, F. Reinert, H. Bentmann, O. Oeckler, T. Doert, M. Ruck, A. Isaeva, Chemical Aspects of the Candidate Antiferromagnetic Topological Insulator MnBi₂Te_4, Chem. Mater. 31, 2795 (2019) (arXiv)

Further Research

• R. Albrecht, J. Hunger, Th. Doert, M. Ruck,Syntheses, crystal structures and physical properties of chromium and rhodium hydrogarnets A₃[M(OH)₆]₂ (A = Ca, Sr; M = Cr, Rh), Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 1398-1405

• H. Poddig, J. Hunger, S. Kamusella, H.-H. Klauss, A. U. B. Wolter, G. Bastien, L. T. Corredor Bohórquez_, Th. Doert, Hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure determination and magnetic properties of a new calcium iron iridium hydrogarnet Ca₃(Ir_2–xFe_x)(FeO₄)_2–x(O₄H₄)_1+x with 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 645, 631-637 (2019)

• D. Souchay, M. Nentwig, D. Günther, S. Keilholz, J. de Boor, A. Zeugner, A. Isaeva, M. Ruck, A.U.B. Wolter, B. Büchner, O. Oeckler, Layered Manganese Bismuth Tellurides with GeBi₄Te₇- and GeBi₆Te₁₀–type Structures: Towards Multifunctional Materials, J. Mater. Chem. C 7, 9939–9953 (2019)

• R. Morrow, M. I. Sturza, R. Ray, C. Himcinschi, J. Kern, P. Schlender, S. Wurmehl,
  B. Büchner, M. Richter, Discovery, Crystal Growth, and Characterization of Garnet Eu₂PbSb₂Zn₃O₁₂, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 2512 (2020)

• R. Albrecht, Th. Doert, M. Ruck, The Hydrogarnets Sr₃[RE(OH)₆]₂ (RE = Sc, Y, Ho-Lu): Syntheses, Crystal structures and their Thermal Decomposition to Ternary Rare-Earth Metal Oxides, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 646, 1517–1524 (2020)

• R. Albrecht, J. Hunger, T. Doert, M. Ruck, CaNa[Cr(OH)₆] – A Layered Hydroxochromate(III) with Ordered Brucite Structure and its Thermal Decomposition,

  Anorg. Allg. Chem. 646, 1130–1137 (2020)

• G. S. Thakur, S. Chattopadhyay, T. Doert, T. Hermannsdörfer, C. Felser,
  Crystal growth of spin-frustrated Ba₄Nb_0.8Ir_3.2O₁₂: A possible spin liquid material,
  Cryst. Growth Des. 20, 2871 (2020) (arXiv)

• R. Albrecht, F. Graßme, Th. Doert, M. Ruck, Hydroflux syntheses and crystal structures of hydrogarnets Ba₃[RE(OH)₆]₂ (RE = Sc, Y, Ho – Lu), Z. Naturforsch B  75, 951–957 (2020)

• M. Lê Anh, M. Kaiser, M. Ghimire, M. Richter, K. Koepernik, M. Gruschwitz, C. Tegenkamp, Th. Doert, M. Ruck, The weak 3D topological insulator Bi₁₂Rh₃Sn₃I₉,
  Chem. Eur. J. 26, 15549 – 15557 (2020)

• G. S. Thakur, Th. Doert, S. Mohitkar, W. Schnelle, C. Felser, M. Jansen,
  Crystal growth of a new twinned 8H perovskite Sr₈Os_6.3O₂₄ exhibiting high T_C ferromagnetism, Cryst. Growth Des. 21, 2459–2464 (2021) (arXiv)

• R. Albrecht, H. Poddig, J. Hunger, M. Ruck, P. Benrath, A. Möller, Th. Doert,

  Hydrothermal Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetism of Na₂[Ir(OH)₆] and its Dehydration to Na₂IrO₃, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 647, 667-672 (2021)

• P. Gebauer, H. Poddig, L. T. Corredor-Bohorquez, T. Menshchikova, I. Rusinov, P. Golub, F. Caglieris, C. Benndorf, T. Lindemann, E. S. Tchoulkov A. U. B. Wolter, B. Buechner, Th. Doert, A. Isaeva, Heavy-atom antiferromagnet GdBiTe: interplay of magnetism and topology in a symmetry-protected semimetal, Chem. Mater. 33, 2420-2435 (2021)

• D.C. Peets, M. Avdeev, M.C. Rahn, F. Pabst, S. Granovsky, M. Stötzer, D.S. Inosov,
  Crystal Growth, Structure, and Noninteracting Quantum Spins in Cyanochroite, K₂Cu(SO₄)₂·6H₂O, ACS Omega 7, 5139-5145 (2022)