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We have investigated the structural and magnetic properties of a new cubic spinel LiZn 2 V 3 O 8 (LZVO) through x-ray diffraction, dc and ac susceptibility, magnetic relaxation, aging, memory effect, heat capacity and 7 Li nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements. A Curie-Weiss fit of the dc susceptibility [Formula: see text]([Formula: see text]) yields a Curie-Weiss temperature [Formula: see text] K. This suggests strong antiferromagnetic (AFM) interactions among the magnetic vanadium ions. The dc and ac susceptibility data indicate the spin-glass behavior below a freezing temperature T f  [Formula: see text] 3 K. The frequency dependence of the T f  is characterized by the Vogel-Fulcher law and critical dynamic scaling behavior or power law. From both fitting, we obtained the value of the characteristic angular frequency [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] 3.56 [Formula: see text] 10 6 Hz, the dynamic exponent [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] 2.65, and the critical time constant [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] 1.82 [Formula: see text] 10 -6 s, which falls in the conventional range for typical cluster spin-glass (CSG) systems. The value of relative shift in freezing temperature [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] 0.039 supports a CSG ground states. We also found aging phenomena and memory effects in LZVO. The asymmetric response of the magnetic relaxation below T f  supports the hierarchical model. Heat capacity data show no long-range or short-range ordering down to 2 K. Only about 25% magnetic entropy change [Formula: see text] signifies the presence of strong frustration in the system. The 7 Li NMR spectra show a shift and broadening with decreasing temperature. The spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation rates show anomalies due to spin freezing around 3 K as the bulk magnetization.

The magnetic properties of Na(2)CuP(2)O(7) were investigated by means of (31)P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), magnetic susceptibility, and heat capacity measurements. We report the (31)P NMR shift, the spin-lattice [Formula: see text], and spin-spin (1/T(2)) relaxation rate data as a function of temperature T. The temperature dependence of the NMR shift K(T) is well described by the S = 1/2 square lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnetic model with an intraplanar exchange of [Formula: see text] K and a hyperfine coupling A = 3533 ± 185 Oe /μ(B). The (31)P NMR spectrum was found to broaden abruptly below T∼10 K, signifying some kind of transition. However, no anomaly was noticed in the bulk susceptibility data down to 1.8 K. The heat capacity appears to have a weak maximum around 10 K. With decrease in temperature, the spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T(1) decreases monotonically and appears to agree well with the high temperature series expansion expression for a S = 1/2 2D square lattice.

Crystal structure, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat were measured in the normal cubic spinel compounds MnSc2S4 and FeSc2S4. Down to the lowest temperatures, both compounds remain cubic and reveal strong magnetic frustration. Specifically the Fe compound is characterized by a Curie-Weiss (CW) temperature ThetaCW = -45 K and does not show any indications of order down to 50 mK. In addition, the Jahn-Teller ion Fe2+ is orbitally frustrated. Hence, FeSc2S4 belongs to the rare class of spin-orbital liquids. MnSc2S4 is a spin liquid for temperatures T>TN approximately 2 K.