Spin gap in Tl2Ru2O7 and the possible formation of Haldane chains in three-dimensional crystals

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 471-476

  Lee, Seongsu ^a   Park, J G ^a,b   Adroja, D T ^c   Khomskii, D ^d   Streltsov, S ^e   McEwen, K A ^f   Sakai, H ^g   Yoshimura, K ^g   Anisimov, V I ^e   Mori, D ^h   Kanno, R ^h   Ibberson, R ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF METAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NATURAL SCIENCES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CUBIC PYROCHLORE STRUCTURE; HALDANE CHAINS; SPIN GAP; TLRU2O7;

THALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33744823278     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1605     Document Type: Article

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