Topological kagome magnets and superconductors

JX Yin, B Lian, MZ Hasan - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
A kagome lattice naturally features Dirac fermions, flat bands and van Hove singularities in
its electronic structure. The Dirac fermions encode topology, flat bands favour correlated …

Quantum interactions in topological R166 kagome magnet

X Xu, JX Yin, Z Qu, S Jia - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Kagome magnet has been found to be a fertile ground for the search of exotic quantum
states in condensed matter. Arising from the unusual geometry, the quantum interactions in …

Van Hove annihilation and nematic instability on a kagome lattice

YX Jiang, S Shao, W **a, MM Denner, J Ingham… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
A nematic phase breaks the point-group symmetry of the crystal lattice and is known to
emerge in correlated materials. Here we report the observation of an intra-unit-cell nematic …

Abundant Lattice Instability in Kagome Metal

H Tan, B Yan - Physical review letters, 2023 - APS
Kagome materials are emerging platforms for studying charge and spin orders. In this Letter,
we have revealed a rich lattice instability in a Z 2 kagome metal ScV 6 Sn 6 by first-principles …

Nanoscale visualization and spectral fingerprints of the charge order in ScV6Sn6 distinct from other kagome metals

S Cheng, Z Ren, H Li, JS Oh, H Tan, G Pokharel… - npj Quantum …, 2024 - nature.com
Charge density waves (CDWs) in kagome metals have been tied to many exotic
phenomena. Here, using spectroscopic-imaging scanning tunneling microscopy and angle …

Spin Berry curvature-enhanced orbital Zeeman effect in a kagome metal

H Li, S Cheng, G Pokharel, P Eck, C Bigi, F Mazzola… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Berry phases and the related concept of Berry curvature can give rise to many
unconventional phenomena in solids. Here, we discover a colossal orbital Zeeman effect of …

Significant zero thermal expansion via enhanced magnetoelastic coupling in Kagome magnets

J Xu, Z Wang, H Huang, Z Li, X Chi, D Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Zero‐thermal‐expansion (ZTE) alloys, as dimensionally stable materials, are
urgently required in many fields, particularly in highly advanced modern industries. In this …

Plethora of tunable Weyl fermions in kagome magnet Fe3Sn2 thin films

Z Ren, H Li, S Sharma, D Bhattarai, H Zhao… - npj Quantum …, 2022 - nature.com
Interplay of magnetism and electronic band topology in unconventional magnets enables
the creation and fine control of novel electronic phenomena. In this work, we use scanning …

Spin-polarized imaging of the antiferromagnetic structure and field-tunable bound states in kagome magnet FeSn

H Li, H Zhao, Q Yin, Q Wang, Z Ren, S Sharma… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Kagome metals are an exciting playground for the explorations of novel phenomena at the
intersection of topology, electron correlations and magnetism. The family of FeSn-based …

Three-dimensional higher-order saddle-point-induced flatbands in Co-based kagome metals

H Tan, Y Jiang, GT McCandless, JY Chan, B Yan - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
The saddle point (Van Hove singularity) exhibits a divergent density of states in two-
dimensional systems, leading to fascinating phenomena such as strong correlations and …