  Collective behavior of spins, frustration-induced strong quantum fluctuations
and subtle interplay between competing degrees of freedom in quantum materials
can lead to correlated quantum states with fractional excitations that are
essential ingredients for establishing paradigmatic models and have immense
potential for quantum technologies. Quenched randomness is a new paradigm in
elucidating the emergence of spin-liquidlike states in geometrically frustrated
magnets. Herein, we report magnetization, specific heat, electron spin
resonance, and muon spin resonance studies on a 3d-electron-based square
lattice antiferromagnet Sr3CuTa2O9. In this material, S = 1/2 Cu2+
nearest-neighbor ions constitute a two-dimensional square lattice. The negative
value of Curie-Weiss temperature, obtained from the Curie-Weiss fit of
high-temperature magnetic susceptibility data indicates the presence of
antiferromagnetic interaction between Cu2+ moments. Specific heat data show the
absence of long-range magnetic ordering down to 64 mK despite a reasonably
strong exchange interaction between Cu2+ spins as reflected from a Curie-Weiss
temperature of -27 K. The power-law behavior and the data collapse of specific
heat and magnetization data evince the emergence of a random-singlet state in
Sr3CuTa2O9. The power-law-like spin auto-correlation function and the data
collapse of muon polarization asymmetry with longitudinal field dependence of
t/({\mu}0H){\gamma} further support credence to the presence of a
randomness-induced liquid-like state. Our results suggest that randomness
induced by disorder is a viable route to realize quantum spin liquid-like state
in this square lattice antiferromagnet.
