Science Daily June 12, 2018
Quantum spin liquids do not achieve an ordered magnetic state, even at the lowest temperatures. An international team of researchers (USA – Johns Hopkins University, Georgia Institute of Technology, NSF, Argonne National Laboratory, Russia) studied an organic compound called k-(BEDT-TTF)2Hg(SCN)2 Br that may be both a spin liquid and a dipole liquid. They observed that in this quantum material even at super-cold temperatures, electrical dipoles are still present and fluctuate according to the laws of quantum mechanics. The discovery has potential application in quantum computing and information storage… read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE
The structure of the crystal that was studied in the research; an individual molecule is highlighted in red. Credit: Institute for Quantum Matter/JHU