Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Nature Materials
Publication Date
Page Numbers
1 to 2
Volume
21
Issue
12
Abstract
A combination of tunnelling spectroscopy, magnetotransport, electron diffraction and ab initio calculations have revealed that picometre-scale lattice distortions reverse magnetic anisotropy and enhance magnetic frustration in atomically thin ruthenium trichloride — a key step towards realizing a quantum spin liquid in the two-dimensional limit.