Illustration of CDW pattern in iron-germanium kagome lattice (IMAGE)

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Illustration of CDW pattern in iron-germanium kagome lattice

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Colors are used to illustrate the charge density wave patterns that arise at critically low temperatures in magnetic iron-germanium crystals. The material is an example of a kagome lattice metal with crystal lattice arrangement of atoms in hexagons (colors) and triangles (black). The lattice arrangement frustrates the movement of electrons (blue and silver spheres), giving rise to collective behavior like the charge density wave.

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Illustration by Jiaxin Yin, Ming Yi and Pengcheng Dai

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