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Position-dependent stability and lifetime of the skyrmion state in nickel-substituted Cu2OSeO3 (2020)
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Crisanti, M., Birch, M., Wilson, M., Moody, S., Štefančič, A., Huddart, B., Cabeza, S., Balakrishnan, G., Hatton, P., & Cubitt, R. (2020). Position-dependent stability and lifetime of the skyrmion state in nickel-substituted Cu2OSeO3. Physical Review B, 102(22), Article 224407. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.224407

We report spatially resolved small-angle neutron-scattering measurements of the conical and skyrmion states of a bulk single crystal of nickel-substituted Cu2OSeO3, with a nominal concentration of Ni of 14%. We observe a significant spatial dependenc... Read More about Position-dependent stability and lifetime of the skyrmion state in nickel-substituted Cu2OSeO3.

Magnetic order and disorder in a quasi-two-dimensional quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet with randomized exchange (2020)
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Xiao, F., Blackmore, W., Huddart, B., Gomilšek, M., Hicken, T., Baines, C., Baker, P., Pratt, F., Blundell, S., Lu, H., Singleton, J., Gawryluk, D., Turnbull, M., Krämer, K., Goddard, P., & Lancaster, T. (2020). Magnetic order and disorder in a quasi-two-dimensional quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet with randomized exchange. Physical Review B, 102(17), Article 174429. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.174429

We present an investigation of the effect of randomizing exchange coupling strengths in the S = 1/2 square lattice quasi-two-dimensional quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet (QHAF) (QuinH)2Cu(ClxBr1−x )4 · 2H2O (QuinH = Quinolinium, C9H8N+), with 0 x 1... Read More about Magnetic order and disorder in a quasi-two-dimensional quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet with randomized exchange.

From magnetic order to quantum disorder in the Zn-barlowite series of S = 1/2 kagomé antiferromagnets (2020)
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Tustain, K., Ward-O’Brien, B., Bert, F., Han, T., Luetkens, H., Lancaster, T., Huddart, B. M., Baker, P. J., & Clark, L. (2020). From magnetic order to quantum disorder in the Zn-barlowite series of S = 1/2 kagomé antiferromagnets. npj Quantum Materials, 5(1), Article 74. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-020-00276-4

We report a comprehensive muon spectroscopy study of the Zn-barlowite series of S=12 kagomé antiferromagnets, ZnxCu4−x(OH)6FBr, for x = 0.00 to 0.99(1). By combining muon spin relaxation and rotation measurements with state-of-the-art density-functio... Read More about From magnetic order to quantum disorder in the Zn-barlowite series of S = 1/2 kagomé antiferromagnets.

Magnetism and Néel skyrmion dynamics in GaV4S8−ySey (2020)
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Hicken, T., Holt, S., Franke, K., Hawkhead, Z., Štefančič, A., Wilson, M., Gomilšek, M., Huddart, B., Clark, S., Lees, M., Pratt, F., Blundell, S., Balakrishnan, G., & Lancaster, T. (2020). Magnetism and Néel skyrmion dynamics in GaV4S8−ySey. Physical Review Research, 2(3), Article 032001. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.2.032001

We present an investigation of the influence of low levels of chemical substitution on the magnetic ground state and Néel skyrmion lattice (SkL) state in GaV4S8−ySey, where y=0,0.1,7.9, and 8. Muon-spin spectroscopy (μSR) measurements on y=0 and 0.1... Read More about Magnetism and Néel skyrmion dynamics in GaV4S8−ySey.

Near-ideal molecule-based Haldane spin chain (2020)
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Williams, R. C., Blackmore, W. J., Curley, S. P., Lees, M. R., Birnbaum, S. M., Singleton, J., Huddart, B. M., Hicken, T. J., Lancaster, T., Blundell, S. J., Xiao, F., Ozarowski, A., Pratt, F. L., Voneshen, D. J., Guguchia, Z., Baines, C., Schlueter, J. A., Villa, D. Y., Manson, J. L., & Goddard, P. A. (2020). Near-ideal molecule-based Haldane spin chain. Physical Review Research, 2(1), Article 013082. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.2.013082

The molecular coordination complex NiI2 (3, 5-lut)4 [where (3,5-lut) = (3,5-lutidine) = (C7H9N)] has been synthesized and characterized by several techniques including synchrotron x-ray diffraction, electron-spin resonance, superconducting quantum in... Read More about Near-ideal molecule-based Haldane spin chain.

Enhancing easy-plane anisotropy in bespoke Ni(II) quantum magnets (2020)
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Manson, J. L., Manson, Z. E., Sargent, A., Villa, D. Y., Etten, N. L., Blackmore, W. J., Curley, S. P., Williams, R. C., Brambleby, J., Goddard, P. A., Ozarowski, A., Wilson, M. N., Huddart, B. M., Lancaster, T., Johnson, R. D., Blundell, S. J., Bendix, J., Wheeler, K. A., Lapidus, S. H., Xiao, F., …Singleton, J. (2020). Enhancing easy-plane anisotropy in bespoke Ni(II) quantum magnets. Polyhedron, 180, Article 114379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2020.114379

We examine the crystal structures and magnetic properties of several S = 1 Ni(II) coordination compounds, molecules and polymers, that include the bridging ligands HF2-, AF62- (A = Ti, Zr) and pyrazine or non-bridging ligands F-, SiF62-, glycine, H2O... Read More about Enhancing easy-plane anisotropy in bespoke Ni(II) quantum magnets.