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Anomalous metallic behaviour in the doped spin liquid candidate κ-(ET)4Hg2.89Br8

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  • Hiroshi Oike

    (University of Tokyo
    RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS))

  • Yuji Suzuki

    (University of Tokyo)

  • Hiromi Taniguchi

    (Saitama University)

  • Yasuhide Seki

    (University of Tokyo)

  • Kazuya Miyagawa

    (University of Tokyo)

  • Kazushi Kanoda

    (University of Tokyo)

Abstract

Quantum spin liquids are exotic Mott insulators that carry extraordinary spin excitations. Therefore, when doped, they are expected to afford metallic states with unconventional magnetic excitations. Here, we report experimental results which are suggestive of a doped spin liquid with anomalous metallicity in a triangular-lattice organic conductor. The spin susceptibility is nearly perfectly scaled to that of a non-doped spin liquid insulator in spite of the metallic state. Furthermore, the charge transport that is confined in the layer at high temperatures becomes sharply deconfined on cooling, coinciding with the rapid growth of spin correlations or coherence as signified by a steep decrease in spin susceptibility. The present results substantiate the desired doped spin liquid and suggest a strange metal, in which the coherence of the underlying spin liquid promotes the deconfinement of charge from the layers while preserving the non-Fermi-liquid nature.

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  • Hiroshi Oike & Yuji Suzuki & Hiromi Taniguchi & Yasuhide Seki & Kazuya Miyagawa & Kazushi Kanoda, 2017. "Anomalous metallic behaviour in the doped spin liquid candidate κ-(ET)4Hg2.89Br8," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-00941-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00941-6
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    1. K. Wakamatsu & Y. Suzuki & T. Fujii & K. Miyagawa & H. Taniguchi & K. Kanoda, 2023. "Thermoelectric signature of quantum critical phase in a doped spin-liquid candidate," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-6, December.

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