DOE OSTI · 2481608
Ice-rule driven vertex frustration in a stretched pentagonal spin ice
Abstract
We introduce the stretched pentagonal spin ice and study low-energy configurations achieved after thermal annealing. Using synchrotron-based photoemission electron microscopy, we reveal highly disordered configurations dominated by short-range order. Real-space observations reveal that an adherence to local order, in the form of a strict ice-rule obedience, acts as a main factor in enforcing vertex frustration and hindering long-range order. Our results open up pathways to create forms of frustrated systems that have seemed elusive thus far. Published by the American Physical Society 2024
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Crater, Davis (ORCID:0009000168933822), Lätti, Anya C., Saccone, Michael (ORCID:0000000174009081), Hofhuis, Kevin (ORCID:0000000216424786), Miertschin, Duncan (ORCID:0000000165623768), Regmi, Balaram (ORCID:0000000202674864), Achinuq, Barat, Kleibert, Armin (ORCID:0000000336309360), Petersen, Charlotte F. (ORCID:0000000253269703), Farhan, Alan (ORCID:0000000223842249). 2024-12-16. Ice-rule driven vertex frustration in a stretched pentagonal spin ice. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.l042064
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