Abstract
Abstract
We propose the newly synthesized β-BaNi3(VO4)2(OH)2 (space group:
R
3
‾
m
) as a candidate for the spin-1 kagome Heisenberg antiferromagnet (KHA). The compound features a uniform kagome lattice of Ni2+ (S = 1) ions with a large interlayer distance. High-field measurements at low temperatures reveal a susceptibility local minimum at ∼9 T, resembling a 1/3 magnetization plateau as predicted by the pure S = 1 KHA model. Below ∼6 K, approximately 1% of the spins exhibit spin-glass order, which may be attributed to the nanocrystalline grain size of ∼50 nm. Despite the antiferromagnetic exchange coupling strength of ∼7 K, the majority of spins remain disordered down to ∼0.1 K as indicated by the observed power-law behaviors in magnetic specific heat
C
m
∝
T
1.4
. Our results demonstrate that the low-energy magnetic excitations in β-BaNi3(VO4)2(OH)2 are gapless, which contradicts the current theoretical expectations of the ideal model.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
Cited by
1 articles.
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