Quantum spin liquid in frustrated one dimensional LiCuSbO4

S. E. Dutton, M. Kumar, M. Mourigal +8

A quantum magnet, LiCuSbO4, with chains of edge-sharing S = 1/2 CuO6 octahedra is reported. While the Curie-Weiss constant is ferromagnetic, θ= 30 K, no phase transition or spin fr…