Researchers from MIT, Harvard University, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have successfully created a new quantum electronic material known as "kagome metal." This electrically conductive crystal features layers of iron and tin atoms arranged in a kagome lattice pattern, which consists of interlaced symmetrical triangles. The unique arrangement allows electrons to flow along the edges of the lattice in tight circular paths, exhibiting unusual behavior and minimal energy loss when an electric current is applied.
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Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have announced that they have created an exotic new material as “kagome metal”.
This is an electrically conductive crystal consisting of layers of iron and tin atoms arranged in a kagome lattice pattern. Kagome is derived from traditional Japanese basket-making techniques. The kagome pattern consists of interlaced, symmetrical triangles arranged in a lattice.
Physicists have been fascinated by this pattern for decades and they have hypothesized that if the atoms of a metal or another conductive substance could be arranged in such a pattern, the resulting material could display exotic electronic properties. When an electric current was passed across the atomic layers in the crystal, the current was found to behave in very unusual ways.The electrons in the current did not flow straight through the lattice as expected but they bent into tight circular paths and flowed along the edges without losing energy.