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  "abstract": "We have studied the magnetic properties of clinoatacamite Cu_{2}Cl(OH)_{3}, the parent compound of the quantum spin liquid candidate herbertsmithite and a long-standing puzzle among frustrated quantum magnets. As we reveal using density-functional theory, clinoatacamite belongs to the class of distorted kagome antiferromagnets with the kagome plane being embedded into a low-symmetry crystal structure. By means of thermodynamic measurements, muon spin rotation and relaxation, as well as neutron diffraction on single crystals, we find in zero magnetic field complex behavior below T_{I}=18.1 K which unfolds in three temperature regions I-III. We propose this complexity in multicritical clinoatacamite to arise from the competition of antiferromagnetic ordering modes from the underconstrained manifold of modes, which can lead to a metamagnetic texture in zero field.",
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      "name": "L. Stödter"
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    {
      "name": "C. Kastner"
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    {
      "name": "H. O. Jeschke"
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    {
      "name": "M. Reehuis"
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    {
      "name": "E. Chan"
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    {
      "name": "M.-H. Lemée-Cailleau"
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    {
      "name": "K. Beauvois"
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    {
      "name": "B. Ouladdiaf"
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    {
      "name": "F. Yokaichiya"
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    {
      "name": "Fabrice Bert"
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    {
      "name": "T. J. Hicken"
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    {
      "name": "J. A. Krieger"
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    {
      "name": "H. Luetkens"
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    {
      "name": "J. L. Allen"
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    {
      "name": "R. Feyerherm"
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    {
      "name": "M. Tovar"
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    {
      "name": "D. Menzel"
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    {
      "name": "A. U. B. Wolter"
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    {
      "name": "B. Büchner"
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    {
      "name": "K. C. Rule"
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    {
      "name": "F. J. Litterst"
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    {
      "name": "U. K. Rößler"
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    {
      "name": "S. Süllow"
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  "doi": "10.1103/xmh8-68vk",
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  "published": "2026-09-08",
  "publisher": "American Physical Society",
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  "title": "Competing Ordering Modes in the Distorted Quantum Kagome Material Clinoatacamite Cu 2 Cl ( OH ) 3",
  "title_text": "Competing Ordering Modes in the Distorted Quantum Kagome Material Clinoatacamite Cu 2 Cl ( OH ) 3",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:17:54Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/59vv8zbq979fj",
  "venue": "Physical Review Letters",
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