Kitaev Magnetism through the Prism of Lithium Iridate
Alexander A. Tsirlin, P. Gegenwart
Abstract
Fifteen years since its inception, the Kitaev model still boasts only a narrow group of material realizations. The progress in studying and understanding one of them, lithium iridate available in three polymorphs that host strong Kitaev interactions on spin lattices of different dimensionality and topology, is reviewed. Feasibility, effectiveness, and repercussions of tuning strategies based on the application of external pressure and chemical substitutions are also discussed.
Topics & Concepts
MagnetismCurse of dimensionalityLithium (medication)Topology (electrical circuits)PrismMaterials scienceCondensed matter physicsPhysicsComputer scienceMathematicsCombinatoricsBiologyArtificial intelligenceOpticsEndocrinologyAdvanced Condensed Matter PhysicsPhysics of Superconductivity and MagnetismMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials