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    Author Correction: A one-third magnetization plateau phase as evidence for the Kitaev interaction in a honeycomb-lattice antiferromagnet
    (Springer Nature, 2023-09-10) Shangguan, Y; Bao, S; Dong, ZY; Xi, N; Gao, YP; Ma, Z; Wang, W; Qi, Z; Zhang, S; Huang, Z; Liao, J; Zhao, X; Zhang, B; Cheng, S; Xu, H; Yu, DH; Mole, RA; Murai, N; Ohira-Kawamura, S; He, LH; Hao, J; Yan, QB; Song, F; Li, W; Yu, SL; Li, JX; Wen, JS
    Correction to: Nature Physics, published online 25 September 2023. In the version of the article initially published, the affiliation of Zhen Ma, now reading School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, China, appeared incorrectly. This has been updated in the HTML and PDF versions of the article. n the version of the article initially published, the affiliation of Zhen Ma, now reading School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi, China, appeared incorrectly. This has been updated in the HTML and PDF versions of the article. © 2024 Springer Nature Limited.
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    Disorder-induced spin-liquid-like behavior in kagome-lattice compounds
    (American Physical Society (APS), 2020-12-15) Ma, Z; Dong, ZY; Wu, S; Zhu, Y; Bao, S; Cai, Z; Wang, W; Shangguan, Y; Wang, J; Ran, K; Yu, DH; Deng, GC; Mole, RA; Li, HF; Yu, SL; Li, JX; Wen, JS
    Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are an exotic state of matter that is subject to extensive research. However, the relationship between the ubiquitous disorder and the QSL behaviors is still unclear. Here, by performing comparative experimental studies on two kagomé-lattice QSL candidates, Tm3Sb3Zn2O14 and Tm3Sb3Mg2O14, which are isostructural to each other but with strong and weak structural disorder, respectively, we show unambiguously that the disorder can induce spin-liquid-like features. In particular, both compounds show dominant antiferromagnetic interactions with a Curie-Weiss temperature of -17.4 and -28.7 K for Tm3Sb3Zn2O14 and Tm3Sb3Mg2O14, respectively, but remain disordered down to about 0.05 K. Specific-heat results suggest the presence of gapless magnetic excitations characterized by a residual linear term. Magnetic excitation spectra obtained by inelastic neutron scattering (INS) at low temperatures display broad continua. All these observations are consistent with those of a QSL. However, we find in Tm3Sb3Zn2O14, which has strong disorder resulting from the random mixing of the magnetic Tm3+ and nonmagnetic Zn2+, that the low-energy magnetic excitations observed in the specific-heat and INS measurements are substantially enhanced compared to those of Tm3Sb3Mg2O14, which has much less disorder. We believe that the effective spins of the Tm3+ ions in the Zn2+/Mg2+ sites give rise to the low-energy magnetic excitations, and the amount of the occupancy determines the excitation strength. These results provide direct evidence of the mimicry of a QSL caused by disorder. ©2020 American Physical Society.