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most citedRare-earth chalcohalides: A family of van der Waals layered Kitaev spin liquid candidates

33 citations · 69 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Anomalous enhancement of magnetism by nonmagnetic doping in the honeycomb-lattice antiferromagnet ErOCl

Yanzhen Cai, Mingtai Xie, Jing Kang +8

Tuning magnetic anisotropy through chemical doping is a powerful strategy for designing functional materials with enhanced magnetic properties. Here, we report an enhanced Er^3+ ma…

cond-mat.str-el20254 cited

Dominant Kitaev interaction and field-induced quantum phase transitions in triangular-lattice KCeSe2

Mingtai Xie, Zheng Zhang, Weizhen Zhuo +13

Realizing Kitaev interactions on triangular lattices offers a compelling platform for exploring quantum-spin-liquid physics beyond the conventional honeycomb lattice framework. Her…

cond-mat.str-el20253 cited

Gapless spinon excitations emerging from a multipolar transverse field in the triangular-lattice Ising antiferromagnet NaTmSe2

Zheng Zhang, Jinlong Jiao, Weizhen Zhuo +9

The triangular-lattice quantum Ising antiferromagnet is a promising platform for realizing Anderson's quantum spin liquid, though finding suitable materials to realize it remains a…

cond-mat.str-el2024

Crystalline electric field excitations and their nonlinear splitting under magnetic fields in YbOCl

Yanzhen Cai, Wei Ren, Xijing Dai +8

Recently reported van der Waals layered honeycomb rare-earth chalcohalides REChX (RE = rare earth, Ch = chalcogen, and X = halogen) are considered to be promising Kitaev spin liqui…

cond-mat.str-el2024

Rare-Earth Chalcogenides: An Inspiring Playground For Exploring Frustrated Magnetism

Mingtai Xie, Wenzhen Zhuo, Yanzhen Cai +2

The rare-earth chalcogenide family ( alkali metal or monovalent ions, rare earth, chalcogen) has emerged as a paradigmatic platform for studying frus…

cond-mat.str-el202411 cited

Ground State Magnetic Structure and Magnetic Field Effects in the Layered Honeycomb Antiferromagnet YbOCl

Zheng Zhang, Yanzhen Cai, Jinlong Jiao +8

YbOCl is a representative member of the van der Waals layered honeycomb rare-earth chalcohalide REChX (RE = rare earth, Ch = O, S, Se, and Te, and X = F, Cl, Br, and I) family repo…