Pressure tuning of structure, magnetic frustration and carrier conduction in Kitaev spin liquid candidate Cu${}_2$IrO${}_3$: X-ray, Raman, magnetic susceptibility, resistivity and first-principles analysis

Srishti Pal, Pallavi Malavi, Arijit Sinha +8

The layered honeycomb lattice iridate Cu${}_2$IrO${}_3$ is the closest realization of the Kitaev quantum spin liquid, primarily due to the enhanced interlayer separation and nearly ide…