Synthesis and Characterization of Intermetallic Kagome Lattices

Kagome lattices, characterized by their geometric arrangement of vertices and triangular motifs, have again garnered significant interest. They exhibit fascinating electronic band structures, including flat bands implying superconductivity, Dirac cones implying massless charge carriers, and magnetic frustration, which is being explored for spintronic and quantum computing applications. We discuss the synthesis of kagome lattices, focusing on the self-flux method of growth, and their structural characterization, followed by magnetic measurements. Particularly, we target kagome lattices of the form TMM6Sn6, where TM is any transition metal and M is specifically a first-row transition metal. In advancing the synthesis techniques and understanding of the underlying physics of kagome lattices, we pave the way for the development of next-generation materials.