Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27030871
Keywords
metastable; magnetism; topochemical
Funding
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA2386-21-1-4059]
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This article reviews the recent breakthrough in modifying Kitaev magnets via topochemical methods, introducing the second generation of Kitaev materials and how structural modifications due to topochemical exchange reactions favor the magnetic interactions for a quantum spin-liquid phase.
Nearly two decades ago, Alexei Kitaev proposed a model for spin-1/2 particles with bond-directional interactions on a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice which had the potential to host a quantum spin-liquid ground state. This work initiated numerous investigations to design and synthesize materials that would physically realize the Kitaev Hamiltonian. The first generation of such materials, such as Na2IrO3, alpha-Li2IrO3, and alpha-RuCl3, revealed the presence of non-Kitaev interactions such as the Heisenberg and off-diagonal exchange. Both physical pressure and chemical doping were used to tune the relative strength of the Kitaev and competing interactions; however, little progress was made towards achieving a purely Kitaev system. Here, we review the recent breakthrough in modifying Kitaev magnets via topochemical methods that has led to the second generation of Kitaev materials. We show how structural modifications due to the topotactic exchange reactions can alter the magnetic interactions in favor of a quantum spin-liquid phase.
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