Electrolyte biasing of the proximate kitaev spin liquid α-Ruthenium (III) chloride
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- A quantum spin liquid (QSL) is an exotic phase of matter identified by interacting spins that do not develop long-range magnetic order down to T = 0 K. QSLs have topological order and are therefore relevant to storing and processing quantum information. Additionally, doped QSLs may be related to high temperature-superconductivity, making the study of this phase relevant to a broad section of condensed matter physics. I use electronic transport measurements and Raman spectroscopy under electrolyte bias to show that, upon doping, the proximate Kitaev QSL alpha-ruthenium (III) chloride (RuCl3) undergoes a first order phase transition with only small changes in conductivity. X-ray diffraction of electrolyte-biased RuCl3 rules out intercalation being the cause of this phase transition, and confirms the assumption that electrochemical reactions are negligible. I suggest that this phase transition prevents RuCl3 from being used to study doped spin liquid physics and suggest further measurements to characterize the newly identified phase.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2019; ©2019 |
| Publication date | 2019; 2019 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Boone, Derrick Sherrod | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Goldhaber-Gordon, David, 1972- | |
| Thesis advisor | Goldhaber-Gordon, David, 1972- | |
| Thesis advisor | Fisher, Ian R. (Ian Randal) | |
| Thesis advisor | Kastner, Marc A | |
| Degree committee member | Fisher, Ian R. (Ian Randal) | |
| Degree committee member | Kastner, Marc A | |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Applied Physics. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Derrick Sherrod Boone, Jr. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Applied Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2019. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2019 by Derrick Sherrod Boone
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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