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Researchers from the University of Tokyo, Tohoku University and Waseda University experimentally and theoretically showed that the organic materialκ-H₃(Cat-EDT-TTF)₂ demonstrating quantum spin liquid phase in which quantum fluctuations block the formation of magnetic order may be as a result of fluctuations of hydrogen atoms.

The result of their research was published in the online version of Nature Communications on November 28.

Reference

• Published in the online version of Nature Communications on November 28, 2017
• Article title: Quantum-disordered state of magnetic and electric dipoles in an organic Mott system
• Authors: M. Shimozawa^1*, K. Hashimoto², A. Ueda¹, Y. Suzuki¹, K. Sugii¹, S. Yamada¹, Y. Imai¹, R. Kobayashi², K. Itoh^2*, S. Iguchi², M. Naka^3,4, S. Ishihara³, H. Mori¹, T. Sasaki² & M. Yamashita¹
  • The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, JAPAN
  • Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN
  • Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN
  • Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Tokyo, JAPAN
• DOI：10.1038/s41467-017-01849-x

*M. Shimozawa and K. Hashimoto contributed equally to this work. Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to M.S. (email: [email protected]) or to K.H. (email: [email protected])