Magnetization "steps" on a kagome lattice in volborthite

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a   Okamoto, Yoshihiko ^a   Tayama, Takashi ^a   Sakaktbara, Toshiro ^a   Tokunaga, Masashi ^a   Matsuo, Akira ^a   Narumi, Yasuo ^a   Kindo, Koichi ^a   Yoshida, Makoto ^a   Takigawa, Masashi ^a   Hiroi, Zenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kagome lattice; Magnetization step; Spin liquid; Volborthite

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649229313     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: 13474073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.78.043704     Document Type: Article

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