• 文献标题:   Embedding S=1/2 Kagome-like Lattice in Reduced Graphene Oxide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GUPTA K, JHA PK, DADWAL A, DEBNATH AK, JAISWAL I, RANA S, JOY PA, BALLAV N
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1948-7185
  • 通讯作者地址:   IISER
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00839
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

An elegant platform to explore frustrated magnetism is the kagome spin lattice. In this work, clinoatacamite, a naturally occurring S = 1/2 kagome-like antiferromagnetic insulator, is synthesized in water at ambient pressure for the first time from a cuprous chloride (CuCl) precursor whereby Cu(I) was spontaneously oxidized to Cu(II) in the form of clinoatacamite [Cu-2(OH)(3)Cl] with a simultaneous reduction of graphene oxide (GO) to reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in one pot. A stable nanocomposite of phase-pure clinoatacamite nanocrystals embedded in the rGO matrix was isolated. The clinoatacamite-rGO nanocomposite was determined to be magnetically active with a markedly enhanced coercive field of similar to 2500 Oe at S K as well as electronically active with a conductivity value of similar to 200 S.m(-1) at 300 K. Our results illustrate an avenue of combining exotic magnetic and electronic lattices without impeding their individual characteristics and synergistically generating a new class of magnetic semiconductors.