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SUBMITTER: Ziatdinov M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5159869 | biostudies-other | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ziatdinov M M Banerjee A A Maksov A A Berlijn T T Zhou W W Cao H B HB Yan J-Q JQ Bridges C A CA Mandrus D G DG Nagler S E SE Baddorf A P AP Kalinin S V SV
Nature communications 20161212
A pseudospin-1/2 Mott phase on a honeycomb lattice is proposed to host the celebrated two-dimensional Kitaev model which has an elusive quantum spin liquid ground state, and fascinating physics relevant to the development of future templates towards topological quantum bits. Here we report a comprehensive, atomically resolved real-space study by scanning transmission electron and scanning tunnelling microscopies on a novel layered material displaying Kitaev physics, α-RuCl<sub>3</sub>. Our local ...[more]