AUTHOR=Ferreira Timothy , Xing Jie , Sanjeewa Liurukara D. , Sefat Athena S. 

TITLE=Frustrated Magnetism in Triangular Lattice TlYbS2 Crystals Grown via Molten Flux

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2020.00127

DOI=10.3389/fchem.2020.00127

ISSN=2296-2646

ABSTRACT=<p>The triangular lattice compound TlYbS<sub>2</sub> was prepared as large single crystals via a molten flux growth technique using sodium chloride. Anisotropic magnetic susceptibility measurements down to 0.4 K indicate a complete absence of long-range magnetic order. Despite this lack of long-range order, short-range antiferromagnetic interactions are evidenced through broad transitions, suggesting frustrated behavior. Variable magnetic field measurements reveal metamagnetic behavior at temperatures ≤2 K. Complex low temperature field-tunable magnetic behavior, in addition to no observable long-range order down to 0.4 K, suggest that TlYbS<sub>2</sub> is a frustrated magnet and a possible quantum spin liquid candidate.</p>