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Mesoscale interplay between phonons and crystal electric field excitations in quantum spin liquid candidate CsYbSe₂

Published:2022 Issue:11 Volume:10 Page:4148-4156
ISSN:2050-7526
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry C
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. C

Author:

Pai Yun-Yi¹²^ORCID,Marvinney Claire E.¹²^ORCID,Liang Liangbo³^ORCID,Xing Jie¹^ORCID,Scheie Allen⁴^ORCID,Puretzky Alexander A.³^ORCID,Halász Gábor B.¹²^ORCID,Li Xun¹^ORCID,Juneja Rinkle¹^ORCID,Sefat Athena S.¹^ORCID,Parker David¹^ORCID,Lindsay Lucas¹^ORCID,Lawrie Benjamin J.¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

2. Quantum Science Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA

3. Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

4. Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

Abstract

In quantum spin liquid candidate CsYbSe2, phonon coupling to a crystal electric field mode results in a vibronic bound state, and complex, mesoscale interplay between phonon modes and CEF modes is observed.

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Materials Chemistry,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/TC/D1TC05934C

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