@article {46090,
	title = {Embedding S=1/2 Kagome-like lattice in reduced graphene oxide},
	journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters},
	volume = {10},
	year = {2019},
	month = {JUN },
	pages = {2663-2668},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>An elegant platform to explore frustrated magnetism is the kagome spin lattice. In this work, clinoatacamite, a naturally occurring S = 1/2 kagome-like antiferromagnetic insulator, is synthesized in water at ambient pressure for the first time from a cuprous chloride (CuCl) precursor whereby Cu(I) was spontaneously oxidized to Cu(II) in the form of clinoatacamite [Cu-2(OH)(3)Cl] with a simultaneous reduction of graphene oxide (GO) to reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in one pot. A stable nanocomposite of phase-pure clinoatacamite nanocrystals embedded in the rGO matrix was isolated. The clinoatacamite-rGO nanocomposite was determined to be magnetically active with a markedly enhanced coercive field of similar to 2500 Oe at S K as well as electronically active with a conductivity value of similar to 200 S.m(-1) at 300 K. Our results illustrate an avenue of combining exotic magnetic and electronic lattices without impeding their individual characteristics and synergistically generating a new class of magnetic semiconductors.</p>
},
	issn = {1948-7185},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00839},
	author = {Gupta, Kriti and Jha, Plawan Kumar and Dadwal, Arun and Debnath, Anil K. and Jaiswal, Ishan and Rana, Shammi and Joy, Pattayil A. and Ballav, Nirmalya}
}
@article {46870,
	title = {Exploring magnetic XY behavior in a quasi-2D anisotropic triangular lattice of Cu(II) by functionalized graphene},
	journal = {Inorganic Chemistry},
	volume = {59},
	year = {2020},
	month = {MAY },
	pages = {6214-6219},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Study on magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) spin-lattices is advancing rapidly. In this work, phase-pure botallackite (Bo) (Cu-2(OH)(3)Br), a quasi-2D S = 1/2 anisotropic triangular spin-lattice is stabilized over 2D reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets via simple oxidation-reduction reaction chemistry. In comparison to polycrystalline Bo, such an anchoring resulted in the oriented growth of Bo crystallites in the Bo-rGO system. The Bo-rGO nanocomposite was found to be magnetically active with a Neel transition at 8.9 K, crossing over to possible XY anisotropy at similar to 5 K-as revealed by complementary dc and ac susceptibility measurements-an unprecedented observation in the field assigned to an interfacial effect. This work demonstrates the potential usage of nonmagnetic 2D functionalized graphene to significantly modulate the magnetic properties of 2D spin-lattices.</p>
},
	issn = {0020-1669},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00315},
	author = {Gupta, Kriti and Dadwal, Arun and Jha, Plawan Kumar and Jain, Anil and Yusuf, S. M. and Joy, Pattayil A. and Ballav, Nirmalya}
}
