Meanings
nounbarlowite (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryA basic cuprous bromide / fluoride Cu₄BrF(OH)₆ that is antiferromagnetic
As a consequence, interlayer-substituted barlowite can be described by a simple two-parameter Heisenberg Hamiltonian, for which a quantum spin liquid ground state has been predicted..
2016, Daniel Guterding, Roser Valenti, Harald O. Jeschke, “Reduction of magnetic interlayer coupling in barlowite through isoelectronic substitution”, in arXiv
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