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M. Mourigal, W. T. Fuhrman, J. P. Sheckelton, A. Wartelle, Jose Rodriguez Rivera, D. L. Abernathy, T. M. McQueen, Collin L. Broholm
Abstract
Inelastic neutron scattering at temperatures below 30 K from a powder of LiZn2Mo3O8 demonstrates this triangular-lattice antiferromagnet hosts collective magnetic excitations from spin 1⁄2 Mo3O13 molecules. The excitation spectrum, that appears gapless and to extend up to 2.5 meV, remains surprisingly broad in momentum space and involves a third of the spins present above 100 K. The data are consistent with a disordered valence bond solid or a resonating valence bond state involving nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor spins.
Mourigal, M.
, Fuhrman, W.
, Sheckelton, J.
, Wartelle, A.
, Rodriguez Rivera, J.
, Abernathy, D.
, McQueen, T.
and Broholm, C.
(2014),
Molecular Quantum Magnetism in LiZn<sub>2</sub>Mo<sub>3</sub>O<sub>8</sub>, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=914763
(Accessed October 16, 2025)