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Takashi Yamamoto1,2, Takashi Fujimoto3, Toshio Naito3
1Graduate School of Science and Technology, Ehime University, 2-5 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, 7908577, Japan. yamataka@ehime-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Spin liquid (SL) systems have been the subject of much attention recently, as they have been theoretically predicted to not freeze, even at 0 K. Despite extensive searches being made for such a system, only a few candidates have been found. All of these candidates share geometrical frustrations that are based on triangular lattices. We applied vibrational spectroscopy to one of the candidates of a molecule-based SL system, and we compared its results against three antiferromagnetic compounds and four charge-ordered compounds. All of their structural motifs belong to triangular lattices. The C=C stretching modes in the SL state indicated that there were charge and lattice fluctuations. These fluctuations were suppressed but non-negligible in the AF compounds. This finding is potentially significant, as it indicates that a hidden lattice and charge fluctuation are the driving force of a geometrical frustration, which eventually leads to a SL state.
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