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most citedFrom magnetic order to quantum disorder: a SR study of the Zn-barlowite series of kagomé antiferromagnets, ZnCu(OH)FBr

40 citations · 217 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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28 papers

cond-mat.str-el2026

SR measurements of 3D Ising ferromagnetism in bulk FeGeTe crystals

M. N. Wilson, J. Huang, T. J. Hicken +4

FeGeTe is a quasi-two-dimensional itinerant ferromagnet with a van-der-Waals layered structure that exhibits substantial magnetic anisotropy. In bulk samples, this material…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Local magnetic properties of the rare-earth intermetallics MnGe (=Ce, Pr, Nd)

N. P. Bentley, T. L. Breeze, A. Hernández-Melián +9

We present an investigation of the rare-earth intermetallic materials, MnGe (=Ce, Pr, Nd), reported to host a lattice of skyrmionic bubbles at room temperature. The m…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Gapped 1/9 Magnetization Plateau in the Anisotropic Kagome Antiferromagnet Y-kapellasite

Dipranjan Chatterjee, Paul A. Goddard, Ewan R. P. Thomas +11

Fractional magnetization plateaus provide a sensitive probe of many-body spin states in frustrated quantum magnets, yet their microscopic origin in kagome antiferromagnets remains…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Heterometallic spin-1/2 quantum magnet under hydrostatic pressure

M. J. Coak, D. Kamenskyi, S. P. M. Curley +14

We investigate the properties of CuVOF(HO)HO, in which two different spin species, Cu(II) and V(IV), form antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 dimers with weak interdi…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Vector spin polarization evolution determined in an entangled muon-fluorine system under pulsed excitation

Dipranjan Chatterjee, Benjamin M. Huddart, Hank C. H. Wu +4

A spin-polarized muon implanted into a fluoride forms a coupled F----F complex in which the muon spin and neighbouring fluorine nuclear spins become entangled. Here we apply rad…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 1 cited

Magnetism in NbS ( = Fe, V, Mn): insight into intercalated transition-metal dichalcogenides using SR

N. P. Bentley, T. L. Breeze, A. Hernández-Melián +8

We present the results of muon-spin relaxation (SR) measurements of the static and dynamic magnetism of NbS ( = Fe, V, Mn), three intercalated transition-metal d…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Magnetic-field-induced ordering in a spin-1/2 chiral chain

Rebecca Scatena, Alberto Hernandez-Melian, Benjamin M. Huddart +12

We present neutron diffraction, muon spin rotation and pulsed-field magnetometry measurements on the Heisenberg quantum chiral chain [Cu(pym)(H2O)4]SiF6.H2O, which displays a four-…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 9 cited

Spin dynamics in the Dirac spin liquid YbZnGaO

Hank C. H. Wu, Francis L. Pratt, Benjamin M. Huddart +5

YbZnGaO is a promising candidate for realizing a quantum spin liquid (QSL) state, particularly owing to its lack of significant site disorder. Pulsed-field magnetometry at…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

Coexistence of Kondo Coherence and Localized Magnetic Moments in the Normal State of Molten Salt-Flux Grown UTe2

N. Azari, M. Yakovlev, S. R. Dunsiger +9

The development of Kondo lattice coherence in UTe2 leads to the formation of a heavy Fermi liquid state from which superconductivity emerges at lower temperature. In Kondo lattice…

cond-mat.str-el2024

Magnetic structure and crystal field states of antiferromagnetic CeNiGe: Neutron scattering and SR investigations

A. Kataria, R. Kumar, D. T. Adroja +9

We present the results of microscopic investigations of antiferromagnetic CeNiGe, using neutron powder diffraction (NPD), inelastic neutron scattering (INS), and muon spin rela…

cond-mat.str-el2024

Muon spectroscopy investigation of anomalous dynamic magnetism in NiI

T. L. Breeze, B. M. Huddart, A. Hernández-Melián +9

We present the results of muon-spin relaxation (SR) measurements of the van der Waals magnet NiI, which probe magnetic phase transitions at ~K and $T…

cond-mat.str-el2024

Low-temperature spin dynamics and absence of magnetic order in layered -RuI

Hank C. H. Wu, Benjamin M. Huddart, Francis L. Pratt +3

The triangular-lattice system -RuI is isostructural to the widely-studied -RuCl compound which was identified as a potential Kitaev system but exhibits, instead of sp…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 10 cited

Field-orientation-dependent magnetic phases in GdRuSi probed with muon-spin spectroscopy

B. M. Huddart, A. Hernández-Melián, G. D. A. Wood +8

Centrosymmetric GdRuSi exhibits a variety of multi-Q magnetic states as a function of temperature and applied magnetic field, including a square skyrmion-lattice phase. The…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Band-filling-controlled magnetism from transition metal intercalation in NbS revealed with first-principles calculations

Z. Hawkhead, T. J. Hicken, N. P. Bentley +3

We present a first-principles study of the effect of 3 transition metal intercalation on the magnetic properties of the 2H-NbS system, using spin-resolved density functional…

cond-mat.str-el2022★ 1 cited

Muon-spin relaxation investigation of magnetic bistability in a crystalline organic radical compound

Alberto Hernandez-Melian, Benjamin M. Huddart, Francis L. Pratt +5

We present the results of a muon-spin relaxation (SR) investigation of the crystalline organic radical compound 4-(2-benzimidazolyl)-1,2,3,5-dithiadiazolyl (HbimDTDA), in wh…

cond-mat.str-el2021★ 3 cited

Anomalous magnetic exchange in a dimerized quantum-magnet composed of unlike spin species

S. P. M. Curley, B. M. Huddart, D. Kamenskyi +15

We present here a study of the magnetic properties of the antiferromagnetic dimer material CuVOF(HO)HO, in which the dimer unit is composed of two different $S…

cond-mat.str-el2021★ 10 cited

Energy-gap driven low-temperature magnetic and transport properties in CrS ( = Nb or Ta)

T. J. Hicken, Z. Hawkhead, M. N. Wilson +6

The helimagnets CrS ( = Nb or Ta) have attracted renewed attention due to the discovery of a chiral soliton lattice (CSL) stabilized in an applied magnetic field, b…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 19 cited

Megahertz dynamics in skyrmion systems probed with muon-spin relaxation

T. J. Hicken, M. N. Wilson, K. J. A. Franke +10

We present longitudinal-field muon-spin relaxation (LF SR) measurements on two systems that stabilize a skyrmion lattice (SkL): CuOSeO, and CoZnMn for…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 2 cited

Quantum Phases and Spin Liquid Properties of 1T-TaS2

Samuel Mañas-Valero, Benjamin Huddart, Tom Lancaster +2

Quantum materials exhibiting magnetic frustration are connected to diverse phenomena including high-Tc superconductivity, topological order and quantum spin liquids (QSLs). A QSL i…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 12 cited

Magnetic order and ballistic spin transport in a sine-Gordon spin chain

B. M. Huddart, M. Gomilšek, T. J. Hicken +6

We report the results of muon-spin spectroscopy (SR) measurements on the staggered molecular spin chain [pym-Cu(NO)(HO)] (pym = pyrimidine), a material previou…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 40 cited

From magnetic order to quantum disorder: a SR study of the Zn-barlowite series of kagomé antiferromagnets, ZnCu(OH)FBr

K. Tustain, B. Ward-O'Brien, F. Bert +6

We report a comprehensive muon spectroscopy study of the Zn-barlowite series of kagomé antiferromagnets, ZnCu(OH)FBr, for to .…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 4 cited

Magnetic order and disorder in a quasi-two-dimensional quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet with randomized exchange

F. Xiao, W. J. A. Blackmore, B. M. Huddart +13

We present an investigation of the effect of randomizing exchange strengths in the square lattice quasi-two-dimensional quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnet (QuinH)Cu(Cl$…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 15 cited

Magnetism and Néel skyrmion dynamics in GaVSSe

T. J. Hicken, S. J. R. Holt, K. J. A. Franke +11

We present an investigation of the influence of low-levels of chemical substitution on the magnetic ground state and N{\' e}el skyrmion lattice (SkL) state in GaVSSe$_y…

cond-mat.str-el2019★ 20 cited

A Near-Ideal Molecule-Based Haldane Spin-Chain

Robert C. Williams, William J. A. Blackmore, Samuel P. M. Curley +17

The molecular coordination complex NiI(3,5-lut) [where (3,5-lut) (3,5-lutidine) (CHN)] has been synthesized and characterized by several techniques includin…