Previously, scientists described a new material, cesium vanadium antimonide (CsV3Sb5), which has a large amount
The materials of this group suggestresearchers will have interesting wave physics of charge density. This means that their electrons self-organize into a heterogeneous structure along the metallic areas in the compound.
A similar wave state of the charge density, andalso another unusual physics originate from a network of vanadium (V) ions: inside materials that form an angular network of triangles known as a kagome lattice.
Tri-hexagonal mosaic, or kagome lattice -it is one of 11 uniform tilings on the Euclidean plane of regular polygons. The mosaic consists of regular triangles and regular hexagons arranged so that each hexagon is surrounded by triangles, and vice versa.
Tri-hexagonal mosaic
The authors found out that KV3Sb5 is a rare metal,built from the planes of the kagome lattice, it is also a superconductor. Other characteristics of the material have led researchers to hypothesize that the charges in it can form tiny current loops that create local magnetic fields.
One can imagine that there are certain patterns on the kagome lattice, and in them the charge moves in a small loop. This loop is similar to a current loop; it forms a magnetic field.
The authors note that such a state can become a new electronic state of matter and, in this case, will change our knowledge of unconventional superconductivity.
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