Author(s): A. Brassington, Q. Ma, G. Sala, A. I. Kolesnikov, K. M. Taddei, Y. Wu, E. S. Choi, H. Wang, W. Xie, J. Ma, H. D. Zhou, and A. A. Aczel
Polycrystalline and single-crystal samples of the insulating Shastry-Sutherland compound ${\mathrm{Er}}_{2}{\mathrm{Be}}_{2}{\mathrm{SiO}}_{7}$ were synthesized via a solid-state reaction and the floating zone method, respectively. The crystal structure, Er single-ion anisotropy, zero-field magnetic...