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Identifying universal spin excitations in candidate spin-1/2 kagome quantum spin liquid materials

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Nature Physics, Published online: 31 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03069-3

The hunt for a quantum spin liquid has involved many different material families and models. Now, Zn-barlowite has been found to have similar behaviour to another candidate material, herbertsmithite, hinting there may be universal physical behaviour.