Thermal quantum correlations of a spin-1/2 Ising–Heisenberg diamond chain with Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11274102), the New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. NCET-11-0960), and the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20134208110001). |
(color online) A schematic representation of the spin-1/2 Ising–Heisenberg diamond chain. The red balls and lines denote the Heisenberg spins and interactions, while the black balls and lines represent the Ising spins and interactions. |