Structural analysis of honeycomb iridate alpha-Li2IrO3 under pressure

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We propose to perform neutron diffraction measurements on a honeycomb iridium oxide alpha-Li2IrO3 under pressure. Honeycomb iridates have been intensively studied as a possible materialisation of Kitaev spin liquid, but all of them show a magnetic ordering at low temperatures. We recently found a spin-liquid behaviour in 3D-honeycomb beta-Li2IrO3 under pressure. Moreover, by applying pressure, beta-Li2IrO3 undergoes a structural transition accompanying the Ir-Ir dimerisation. The Ir-Ir dimerisation may be a generic feature in honeycomb iridates under pressure. The 2D honeycomb iridate alpha-Li2IrO3 was also reported to display a structural transition at around 3 GPa. The crystal structure under pressure is, however, yet to be solved, and the possible presence of Ir dimers has not been clarified. We therefore analyse the crystal structure of alpha-Li2IrO3 under pressure at PEARL.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.92922121
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Creator Professor Hidenori Takagi; Dr Aleks Krajewska; Dr Alexandra Gibbs; Dr Tomohiro Takayama; Dr Craig Bull
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-04-25T09:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-05-08T09:58:37Z