Thermodynamic Properties and DFT Study on Highly Frustrated CrBO: Coexistence of Spin-Singlets with Long-Range Magnetic Order.

The triangle-based magnetic subsystem of borates with the mineral norbergite structure MBO (M = Fe, Cr, V) makes these compounds unique to investigate rare quantum ground states influenced by strong magnetic frustration. In this work, we investigated the thermal and magnetic properties of CrBO to find that despite very large negative Weiss temperature Θ = -160.7 K, it orders only at = 4.