This is were we announce new journal articles and conference proceedings published by members of the group.
Even when a crystal structure is globally centrosymmetric (i.e., it possesses inversion symmetry), the absence of an inversion center at a specific atomic site is referred to as local inversion-symmetry breaking. In materials with such a crystal structure, the magnetic order can, in some cases, become an odd-parity magnetic order, meaning that it changes sign […]
High-entropy compounds, where multiple elements occupy a single crystallographic site in a highly disordered manner, challenge conventional understandings of electronic structure based on periodicity and well-defined band dispersion. Here, we report a detailed nuclear magnetic resonance study of the high-entropy superconductor (RuRhPdIr)0.6Pt0.4Sb, revealing a spatially homogeneous electronic environment in the normal state, in stark contrast […]
Recently, exotic ordered states and quasiparticles not known in convenrional magnetic materials have attracted attention in condensed-matter physics. Previously, we discovered in the magnetic semiconductor YbCuS2, in which ytterbium (Yb) atoms form a zigzag chain, an incommensurate magnetic order and charge-neutral quasiparticles. To explain these phenomena, a new theoretical framework—the anisotropic quantum spin zigzag chain […]
We have recently focused on the magnetic semiconductor YbCuS2, which has a zigzag chain of ytterbium (Yb) ions, to explore the effects of magnetic frustration. Previous nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements revealed that YbCuS2 exhibits an incommensurate antiferromagnetic state with an ordered moment size smaller than the expected value below approximately 1 K. In addition, the […]
Rare-earth-based intermetallic compounds with frustrated lattices—such as triangular, kagome, and honeycomb lattices—are expected to host unconventional quantum critical phenomena arising from the interplay of the Kondo effect and magnetic frustration. CePt6Al3 forms a honeycomb lattice of Ce atoms, where the effects of both Kondo effect and magnetic frustration are anticipated to play significant roles. To microscopically […]
Crystal structure is known to have a significant effect on the properties of materials. Especially, crystals with partial lattice structures called sublattices have been attracting much attention because such structures can host fascinating phenomena including topological states, extended multipolar order, and unconventional superconductivity. One typical example of those structures is the kagomé lattice, which is […]
A magnetic semiconductor YbCuS2 has Yb zigzag chains, where the magnetic frustration is expected due to the competition between the nearest-neighbor exchange and next-nearest-neighbor exchange interactions. From the nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements, we revealed that the system exhibits an incommensurate antiferromagnetic state with an ordered moment size smaller than the expected value below approximately […]
Frustrated systems, in which spin arrangement is not uniquely determined, have attracted attention because peculiar phenomena can occur. Recently, we found the T-linear behavior of the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T1 in the frustrated semiconductor YbCuS2 with a Yb zigzag chain. This behavior indicates the presence of charge-neutral quasiparticles. To investigate the origin and characteristics […]
We report the re-measurement of the a-axis spin susceptibility component in an early-stage sample of the spin-triplet superconductor UTe2 with the transition temperature of TSC = 1.6 K. Using Knight-shift measurements along the b axis and at a 10-degree tilt from the b axis towards the a axis, we accurately determined the a-axis component without directly measuring the a-axis Knight shift. Our results reveal a decrease of […]
Nanoparticles were predicted to exhibit unique physical properties due to quantum size effects, but their identification remains difficult.According to Kubo’s theory, the gap size is inversely correlated with both the density of states at the Fermi energy and the number of atoms in the particle.Previously, we confirmed that the particle size and magnetic field dependence […]