@article{ed51656cdee64125a1ecfe3bb12c6944,
title = "Pressure-induced melting of magnetic order and emergence of a new quantum state in α-RuC l3",
abstract = "Here we report the observation of pressure-induced melting of antiferromagnetic (AFM) order and the emergence of a new state in the honeycomb-lattice halide α-RuCl3, a candidate compound in the proximity of quantum spin liquid state. Our high-pressure heat capacity measurements demonstrate that the AFM order smoothly melts away at a critical pressure (PC) below 1 GPa. Intriguingly, the AFM transition temperature displays an increase upon applying pressure below the PC, in stark contrast to usual phase diagrams, for example, in pressurized parent compounds of unconventional superconductors. Furthermore, a stable magnetoresistance is observed in the high-pressure phase above PC which is robust against pressure up to ∼140 GPa.",
author = "Zhe Wang and Jing Guo and Tafti, {F. F.} and Anthony Hegg and Sudeshna Sen and Sidorov, {Vladimir A.} and Le Wang and Shu Cai and Wei Yi and Yazhou Zhou and Honghong Wang and Shan Zhang and Ke Yang and Aiguo Li and Xiaodong Li and Yanchun Li and Jing Liu and Youguo Shi and Wei Ku and Qi Wu and Cava, {Robert J.} and Liling Sun",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Tao Xiang, Yi Zhou, Gang Chen, Zhongyi Liu, Weiqiang Yu, Jingsheng Wen, and Jianxin Li for helpful discussions. The work in China was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grants No. 2017YFA0302900, No. 2016YFA0300300, and No. 2017YFA0303103), the NSF of China (Grants No. 11427805, No. 11404384, No. U1532267, No. 11604376, No. 11674220, and No. 11447601), the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB07020300), and Ministry of Science and Technology (Grants No. 2016YFA0300500 and No. 2016YFA0300501). The work at Princeton was supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation EPiQS Initiative, Grant No. GBMF-4412. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 American Physical Society.",
year = "2018",
month = jun,
day = "29",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevB.97.245149",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "97",
journal = "Physical Review B",
issn = "2469-9950",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "24",
}