Publications about frustrated magnets
 
 
2020
 
   

“From magnetic order to quantum disorder in the Zn-barlowite series of S = 1/2 kagome antiferromagnets”
K. Tustain, B. Ward-O’Brien, F. Bert, T. Han, H. Luetkens, T. Lancaster, B. M. Huddart, P. J. Baker & L. Clark, npj Quantum Mater. 5, 74 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-020-00276-4

“Gapless ground state in the archetypal quantum kagome antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2
P. Khuntia, M. Velazquez, Q. Barthélemy, F. Bert, E. Kermarrec, A. Legros, B. Bernu, L. Messio, A. Zorko, P. Mendels, Nat. Phys (2020).(arXiv:1911.09552)

“Canted antiferromagnetic order in the kagome material Sr-vesignieite
A. Verrier , F. Bert , J. M. Parent, M. El-Amine , J. C. Orain, D. Boldrin, A. S. Wills, P. Mendels, and J. A. Quilliam, Phys. Rev. B 101, 054425 (2020)
(arXiv:2001.10951)

“Aqueous solution growth at 200 degrees C and characterizations of pure, O-17- or D-based herbertsmithite ZnxCu4-x(OH)(6)Cl-2 single crystals
Matias Velazquez, Fabrice Bert, Philippe Mendels, Dominique Denux, Philippe Veber, Michel Lahaye, Christine Labrugère, Journal of Crystal Growth 531, 125372 (2020)

 
 
2019
 
   

“Local study of the insulating quantum kagome antiferromagnets YCu3(OH)(6)OxCl3-x (x=0, 1/3)
Quentin Barthélemy, Pascal Puphal, Katharina M. Zoch, Cornelius Krellner, Hubertus Luetkens, Christopher Baines,
Denis Sheptyakov, Edwin Kermarrec, Philippe Mendels, and Fabrice Bert, Phys. Rev. Materials 3, 074401 (2019)
(arxiv:1904.04125)

“Magnetic phase diagram of the frustrated spin chain compound linarite PbCuSO4(OH)2 as seen by neutron diffraction and 1H-NMR
L. Heinze, G.Bastien, B. Ryll, J.-U. Hoffmann, M. Reehuis, B. Ouladdiaf, F. Bert, E. Kermarrec, P. Mendels, S. Nishimoto, S.-L. Drechsler, U. K. Rößler, H. Rosner, B. Büchner, A. J. Studer, K. C. Rule, S. Süllow, and A. U. B. Wolter, Phys. Rev. B 99, 094436 (2019)

“Tuning of a Kagome Magnet: Insulating Ground State in Ga‐Substituted Cu4(OH)6Cl2
P. Puphal, K.M. Ranjith, A. Pustogow, M. Müller, A. Rogalev, K. Kummer, J.‐C. Orain, C. Baines, M. Baenitz, M. Dressel, E. Kermarrec, F. Bert, P. Mendels and C. Krellner, Phys. Status Solidi B 2019, 1800663

 
 
2018
 
   

“Origin of Magnetic Moments and Presence of Spin-Orbit Singlets in Ba2YIrO6
A. Nag,  S. Bhowal, A. Chakraborty, M. M. Sala, A. Efimenko, F. Bert, P. K. Biswas, A. D. Hillier, M. Itoh, S. D. Kaushik, V. Siruguri, C. Meneghini, I. Dasgupta, and S. Ray, Phys. Rev. B98, 014431 (2018)

Ba3MIr2O9 hexagonal perovskites in the light of spin-orbit coupling and local structural distortions
Abhishek Nag, Sayantika Bhowal, F. Bert, A. D. Hillier, M. Itoh, Ilaria Carlomagno, C. Meneghini, T. Sarkar, R. Mathieu, I. Dasgupta, and Sugata Ray,  Phys. Rev. B 97, 064408 (2018)

 
 
2017
 
   

Possible quadrupolar nematic phase in the frustrated spin chain LiCuSbO4: An NMR investigation
M. Bosioˇci´c, F. Bert, S. E. Dutton, R. J. Cava, P. J. Baker, M. Požek, and P. Mendels,  Phys. Rev. B 96, 224424 (2017)

“Persistent low-temperature spin dynamics in the mixed-valence iridate Ba3InIr2O9”
Tusharkanti Dey, M. Majumder, J. C. Orain, A. Senyshyn, M. Prinz-Zwick, S. Bachus, Y. Tokiwa, F. Bert, P. Khuntia, N. Büttgen, A.A. Tsirlin, and P. Gegenwart, Phys. Rev. B 96, 174411 (2017)

“Field-Induced Instability of a Gapless Spin Liquid with a Spinon Fermi Surface" M. Gomilšek, M. Klanjšek, R. Žitko, M. Pregelj, F. Bert, P. Mendels, Y. Li, Q. M. Zhang and A. Zorko,  Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 137205 (2017)

“Nature of the Spin Liquid Ground State in a Breathing Kagome Compound Studied by NMR and Series Expansion” J.-C. Orain, B. Bernu, P. Mendels, L. Clark, F. H. Aidoudi, P. Lightfoot, R. E. Morris and F. Bert, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 237203 (2017)

“Ground state selection under pressure in the quantum pyrochlore magnet Yb2Ti2O7”
E. Kermarrec, J. Gaudet, K. Fritsch, R. Khasanov, Z. Guguchia, C. Ritter, K.A. Ross, H.A. Dabkowska B.D. Gaulin, Nature Communications 8, 14810 (2017)

“Evidence for a spinon Fermi surface in the triangular S=1 quantum spin liquid Ba3NiSb2O9”
B. Fåk, S. Bieri, E. Canévet, L. Messio, C. Payen, M. Viaud, C. Guillot-Deudon, C. Darie, J. Ollivier and P. Mendels, Phys. Rev.B 95, 060402(R) (2017)

“Symmetry Reduction in the Quantum Kagome Antiferromagnet Herbertsmithite”
Zorko, M. Herak, M. Gomilšek, J. van Tol, M. Velázquez, P. Khuntia, F. Bert and P. Mendels, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 017202 (2017)

 
 
2016
 
   

“ Gapless quantum spin liquid ground state in the spin-1 antiferromagnet 6HB-Ba3NiSb2O9”
J.A. Quilliam, F. Bert, A. Manseau, C. Darie, C. Guillot-Deudon, C. Payen, C. Baines, A. Amato, and P. Mendels, Phys. Rev. B, Phys. Rev. B 93, 214432 (2016)

“ Magnetic ground state and spin fluctuations in MnGe chiral magnet as studied by muon spin rotation”
N. Martin, M. Deutsch, F. Bert, D. Andreica, A. Amato, P. Bonfà, R. De Renzi, U.K. Rössler, P. Bonville, L.N. Fomicheva, A.V. Tsvyashchenko, and I. Mirebeau, Phys. Rev. B. 93, 174405 (2016)

“ Origin of the Spin-Orbital Liquid State in a Nearly J=0 Iridate Ba3ZnIr2O9”
Abhishek Nag, S. Middey, Sayantika Bhowal, S. K. Panda, Roland Mathieu, J. C. Orain, F. Bert, P. Mendels, P. G. Freeman, M. Mansson, H. M. Ronnow, M. Telling, P. K. Biswas, D. Sheptyakov, S. D. Kaushik, Vasudeva Siruguri, Carlo Meneghini, D. D. Sarma, Indra Dasgupta, and Sugata Ray
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 097205 (2016)

“Spin Liquid State in the 3D Frustrated Antiferromagnet PbCuTe2O6: NMR and Muon Spin Relaxation Studies”
P. Khuntia, F. Bert, P. Mendels, B. Koteswararao, A. V. Mahajan, M. Baenitz, F. C. Chou, C. Baines, A. Amato, and Y. Furukawa
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 107203 (2016)

“Quantum kagome frustrated antiferromagnets: One route to quantum spin liquids ”
P. Mendels and F. Bert, C.R. Physque 17, 455 (2016)

 
 
2015
 
   

“Frozen State and Spin Liquid Physics in Na4Ir3O8: An NMR Study”
A. C. Shockley, F. Bert, J-C. Orain, Y. Okamoto, and P. Mendels
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 047201 (2015)
[Supplementary Material]

“Quenched crystal-field disorder and magnetic liquid ground states in Tb2Sn2−xTixO7”
B. D. Gaulin, E. Kermarrec, M. L. Dahlberg, M. J. Matthews, F. Bert, J. Zhang, P. Mendels, K. Fritsch, G. E. Granroth, P. Jiramongkolchai, A. Amato, C. Baines, R. J. Cava, and P. Schiffer,  Phys. Rev. B 91, 245141 (2015)

 
 
2014
 
   

"muSR study of a quantum spin liquid candidate: the S =1/2 vanadium oxyfluoride kagome antiferromagnet"
J.C. Orain, L. Clark, F. Bert, P. Mendels, P. Attfield, F.H. Aidoudi, R.E. Morris, P. Lightfoot, A. Amato and C. Baines, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2014, 551, 012004 (2014)

“Spin dynamics and disorder effects in the S=1/2 kagome Heisenberg spin-liquid phase of kapellasite”
E. Kermarrec, A. Zorko, F. Bert, R.H. Colman, B. Koteswararao, F. Bouquet, P. Bonville, A. Hillier, A. Amato, J. van Tol, A. Ozarowski, A.S. Wills and P. Mendels Phys. Rev. B 90, 205103 (2014)

“Quand la frustration rend plus dynamique: les liquides de spins quantiques ”
F. Bert, P. Mendels, O. Cépas et C. Lhuillier, Reflets de la physique 37, 4-11 (2014)

 
 
2013
 
   

“ Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction in vesignieite: A route to freezing in a quantum kagome antiferromagnet ”
A. Zorko, F. Bert, A. Ozarowski, J. van Tol, D. Boldrin, A.S. Wills and P. Mendels Phys. Rev. B 88, 144419 (2013)

“Exchange energies of kapellasite from high-temperature series analysis of the Kagome lattice J1- J2- Jd-Heisenberg model”
B. Bernu, C. Lhuillier, E. Kermarrec, F. Bert, and P. Mendels, R.H. Colman and A.S. Wills Phys. Rev. B 87, 155107 (2013)

“Gapless Spin Liquid Ground State in the S=1/2 Vanadium Oxyfluoride Kagome Antiferromagnet [NH4]2[C7H14N][V7O6F18]”
L. Clark, J.-C. Orain, F. Bert, M.A. De Vries, F.H. Aidoudi, R.E. Morris, P. Lightfoot, J.S. Lord, M.T.F. Telling, P. Bonville, J.P. Attfield, P. Mendels and A. Harrison Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 207208 (2013)

 
 
2012
 
    Kapellasite: A Kagome Quantum Spin Liquid with Competing Interactions ,
B. Fåk, E. Kermarrec, L. Messio, B. Bernu, C. Lhuillier, F. Bert, P. Mendels, B. Koteswararao, F. Bouquet, J. Ollivier, A.D. Hillier, A. Amato, R.H. Colman and A.S. Wills Phys. Rev. Lett., 109, 037208 (2012)

Singlet Ground State of the Quantum Antiferromagnet Ba3CuSb2O9, J. A. Quilliam, F. Bert, E. Kermarrec, C. Payen, C. Guillot-Deudon, P. Bonville, C. Baines, H. Luetkens, and P. Mendels; Phys. Rev. Lett., 109, 117203 (2012)

Magnetic behavior of Ba3Cu3Sc4O12; Koteswararao, B.; Mahajan, A. V.; Bert, F.; Mendels, P.; Chakraborty, J.; Singh, V.; Dasgupta, I.; Rayaprol, S.; Siruguri, V.; Hoser, A. & Kaushik, S. D; Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 24, 23600 (2012)

 
   

Extension of the zinc paratacamite phase diagram: Probing the effect of spin vacancies in an S=1/2 kagome antiferromagnet
M.A. de Vries, D. Wulferding, P. Lemmens, J.S. Lord, A. Harrison, P. Bonville, F. Bert and P. Mendels, Phys. Rev. B 85, 014422 (2012)

 
   

Quand la frustration rend plus dynamique: les liquides de spins quantiques
F. Bert, P. Mendels, O. Cépas et C. Lhuillier

 
 
2011
 
   

Field-Induced Freezing of a Quantum Spin Liquid on the Kagome Lattice
M. Jeong, F.Bert, P. Mendels, F. Duc, J.-C. Trombe, M.A. de Vries, and A. Harrison,Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 237201 (2011)

 
   

Ground state and intrinsic susceptibility of the kagome antiferromagnet vesignieite as seen by 51V NMR
J.A. Quilliam, F. Bert, R.H. Colman, D. Boldrin, A.S. Wills, and P. Mendels, Phys. Rev. B 84, 180401 (R) (2011)

 
   

Spin-liquid ground state in the frustrated kagome antiferromagnet MgCu3(OH)6Cl2
E. Kermarrec, P. Mendels, F. Bert, R.H. Colman, A.S. Wills, P. Strobel, P. Bonville, A.D. Hillier, and A. Amato, Phys. Rev. B 83, 100401(R) (2011)

 
   

Spin dynamics in the S=1/2 quantum kagome compound vesignieite, Cu3Ba(VO5H)2
R.H. Colman, F. Bert, D. Boldrin, A.D. Hillier, P. Manuel, P. Mendels and A.S. Wills, Phys. Rev. B 83, 180416(R) (2011)

 
   

Quantum kagome antiferromagnet : ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2
P Mendels and F Bert, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 320, 012004 (2011)

 
 
2010
 
   

Magnetic properties of Ba2HoSbO6 with a frustrated lattice geometry
S. Calder, X. Ke, F. Bert, A. Amato, C. Baines, C. Carboni, R.J. Cava, A. Daoud-Aladine, P. Deen, T. Fennell, A.D. Hillier, H. Karunadasa, J.W. Taylor,  P. Mendels,  P. Schiffer and S.T. Bramwell, Phys. Rev. B 81, 064425 (2010)

 
   

Ground State of the Easy-Axis Rare-Earth Kagome Langasite Pr3Ga5SiO14
A. Zorko, F. Bert, P. Mendels, K. Marty, and P. Bordet, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 057202 (2010)

 
   

Quantum Kagome Antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)(6)Cl-2
P. Mendels and F. Bert, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 79, 011001 (2010)

 
 
2009
 
   

Frustrated magnetism in the quantum Kagome Herbertsmithite ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2 antiferromagnet
F. Bert, A. Olariu, A. Zorko, P. Mendels, J.C. Trombe, F. Duc, M.A. de Vries, A. Harrison, A.D. Hillier, J. Lord, A. Amato and C. Baines, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 145, 012004 (2009)

 
   

 NMR and μSR study of magnetic dilution in the triangular Heisenberg antiferromagnet NaCrO2
A Olariu, P Mendels, F Bert, B G Ueland, P Schiffer, R F Berger, R J Cava and A D Hillier, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 145, 0120042, (2009)

 
   

 Electron spin resonance investigation of the spin-1/2 kagomé antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2
A Zorko, S Nellutla, J van Tol, L C Brunel, F Bert, F Duc, J-C Trombe and P Mendels, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 145, 0120014, (2009)

 
   

 29Si NMR and 69,71Ga NMR/NQR study of the kagomé compound Nd3Ga5SiO14
A Zorko, F Bert, P Bordet, P Lejay and P Mendels, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 145, 012006 (2009)

 
   

Spin dynamics in Heisenberg triangular antiferromagnets: A µSR study of LiCrO2
A. Olariu, P. Mendels, F. Bert, L. K. Alexander, A. V. Mahajan, A. D. Hillier, and A. Amato, Phys. Rev. B. 79, 244401 (2009)

 
 
2008
 
   

Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya Anisotropy in the Spin-1/2 Kagome Compound ZnCu3OH6Cl2

A. Zorko, S. Nellutla, J. van Tol, L. C. Brunel, F. Bert, F. Duc, J.-C. Trombe, M. A. de Vries, A. Harrison, and P. Mendels, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 026405 (2008)

 
   

Easy-Axis Kagome Antiferromagnet: Local-Probe Study of NdGa5SiO14

A. Zorko, F. Bert, P. Mendels, P. Bordet, P. Lejay, and J. Robert, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 147201 (2008)

 
   

17O NMR Study of the Intrinsic Magnetic Susceptibility and Spin Dynamics of the Quantum Kagome Antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2

A. Olariu, P. Mendels, F. Bert, F. Duc, J. C. Trombe, M. A. de Vries, and A. Harrison, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100,087202 (2008)

 
 
2007
 
   

Low temperature magnetization of the S=1 / 2 kagome antiferromagnet ZnCu_3 (OH)_6 Cl_2
F. Bert, S. Nakamae, F. Ladieu, D. L’Hôte, P. Bonville, F. Duc, J.-C. Trombe, and P. Mendels, Phys. Rev. B. 76, 132411 (2007)

 

Quantum Magnetism in the Paratacamite Family: Towards an Ideal Kagome Lattice
P. Mendels, F. Bert, M. A. de Vries, A. Olariu, A. Harrison, F. Duc, J. C. Trombe, J. S. Lord, A. Amato, and C. Baines, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 077204 (2007)

Spin dynamics in frustrated magnets: from edge- to corner-sharing geometries
P Mendels, AOlariu, F Bert, D Bono, L Limot, G Collin, B Ueland,P Schiffer, R J Cava, N Blanchard, F Duc and J C Trombe
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19 (2007) 145224
 

Low-temperature relaxation in kagome bilayer antiferromagnets

Mutka, H; Payen, C; Ehlers, G, et al. Source: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER Volume: 19 Issue: 14 Article Number: 145254 Published: APR 11 2007

 

Phonon-assisted relaxation in a frustrated antiferromagnet

Mutka, H; Payen, C; Bono, D, et al. Source: JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS Volume: 310 Issue: 2 Pages: 1325-1327 Part: 2 Published: MAR 2007

 
 
2006
 
    Direct Evidence for a Dynamical Ground State in the Highly Frustrated Tb2Sn2O7 pyrochlore
F. Bert, P. Mendels, A. Olariu, N. Blanchard, G. Collin, A. Amato, C. Baines, and A. D. Hillier. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 117203 (2006)
 
    Unconventional Dynamics in Triangular Heisenberg Antiferromagnet NaCrO2
A. Olariu, P. Mendels, F. Bert, B. G. Ueland, P. Schiffer, R. F. Berger, and R. J. Cava, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 167203 (2006)
 
    Neutron Spin-Echo Investigation of Slow Spin Dynamics in Kagome-Bilayer Frustrated Magnets as Evidence for Phonon Assisted Relaxation in SrCr9xGa12-9xO19. H. Mutka, G. Ehlers, C. Payen, D. Bono, J. R. Stewart, P. Fouquet, P. Mendels, J.Y. Mevellec, N. Blanchard, and G. Collin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 047203 (2006)  
    Dynamics in pure and substituted volborthite kagome-like compounds (muSR 2005 - Oxford)
F. Bert, P. Mendels, D. Bono, A. Olariu, F. Ladieu, J.-C. Trombe, F. Duc, C. Baines, A. Amato, A. Hillier, Physica B 374–375 (2006) 134–137
 
    Low-T dynamics in the highly frustrated S=3/2 kagome bilayers: A phenomenological function for a spin liquid state? (muSR 2005)
D. Bono, P. Mendels, G. Collin, N. Blanchard, F. Bert, A. Amato, C. Baines, A.D. Hillier, Physica B 374–375 (2006) 138–141
 
 

muSR study of frustrated S=1/2 Delafossites YCuO2+delta (muSR 2005 - Oxford)
A. Olariu, D. Bono, F. Bert, P. Mendels, C. Darie, P. Bordet, A.D. Hillier, C. Baines, A. Amato, Physica B 374–375 (2006) 152–155

 
 
2005
 
    Ground State of the Kagome Like S= 1/2 Antiferromagnet Volborthite Cu3V2O7(OH)2.2H2O
F. Bert, D. Bono, P. Mendels, F. Ladieu, F. Duc, J.-C. Trombe, and P. Millet, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 087203 (2005)
 
 
Correlations, spin dynamics, defects: the highly-frustrated Kagome bilayer
David Bono, Laurent Limot, Philippe Mendels, Gaston Collin, Nicole Blanchard, Low Temperature Physics 31 (2005) 704
 
    2004  
    muSR Study of the Quantum Dynamics in the Frustrated S=3/2 Kagome Bilayers
D. Bono,  P. Mendels, G. Collin,  N. Blanchard,  F. Bert,  A. Amato, C. Baines, and A. D. Hillier Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 187201 (2004)
 
    Intrinsic Susceptibility and Bond Defects in the Novel Two Dimensional Frustrated Antiferromagnet Ba2Sn2ZnCr7pGa10-7pO22
D. Bono, P. Mendels, G. Collin, and N. Blanchard, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 217202 (2004)
 
    Dilution in volborthite S=1/2 frustrated magnet: a muSR and NMR study (HFM 2003 - Grenoble)
F. Bert, D. Bono, P. Mendels, J.-C. Trombe, P. Millet, A. Amato, C. Baines and A. Hillier, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16 (11)  S829-S834 (2004)
 
    muSR Study of oxygen doped S=1/2 Cu delafossites (HFM 2003 - Grenoble)
P. Mendels, D. Bono, F. Bert,  O. Garlea, C. Darie, P. Bordet, V. Brouet, M.H. Julien, A. Hillier and A. Amato, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16 (11) S799-S804 (2004)
 
    Relative influences of disorder and of frustration on the glassy dynamics in magnetic systems (HFM 2003 - Grenoble)
F. Ladieu, F. Bert, V. Dupuis, E. Vincent, and J. Hammann, J. Physics: Condensed Matter, 16 (11) S735 - S741 (2004)
 
 
PHD Thesis, David Bono, 2004  
 
2002
 
    Susceptibility and dilution effects of the kagome bilayer geometrically frustrated network: A GaNMR study of SrCr9pGa12-9pO19
Limot L; Mendels P; Collin G; et al., Phys. Rev. B 65 144447 ( 2002)
 
 
2001
 
    Ga-NMR local susceptibility of the kagome-based magnet SrCr9pGa12-9pO19. A high temperature study (HFM 2000 - Waterloo)
L. Limot, P. Mendels, G. Collin, C. Mondelli, H. Mutka, N. Blanchard, Canadian Journal of Physics, 79, 1393 (2001)
 
 
2000
 
    Ga NMR study of the local susceptibility in SrCr8Ga4O19: pseudogap and paramagnetic defects
P. Mendels, A. Keren, L. Limot, M. Mekata, G. Collin et M. Horvatic; Phys.Rev.Lett. 85, 3496 (2000)
 
    Magnetic dilution in the geometrically frustrated SrCr9pGa12-9pO19, and the role of local dynamics: a muSR study
A. Keren, Y. J. Uemura, G. Luke, P. Mendels, M. Mekata and T. Asano, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, (2000) 3450-3453
 
    PHD Thesis, Laurent Limot, 2000  
 
1998
 
    Ga-69, Ga-71 NMR in the Kagomé lattice compound SrCr9-xGa3+xO19
Keren A., Mendels P., Horvatic M. et al.,  Phys. Rev. B, 57 (17),10745 (1998)
 
 
1998