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June 23, 2021

Kagome lattice imaged from a bulk material

This is the first example of a kagome lattice -- an arrangement of atoms in a pattern resembling a Japanese style of basket weaving called kagome -- imaged from a bulk (or 3D) material. The image of a crystal was taken at MagLab using a special scanning transmission electron microscope.

[MagLab is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (grant DMR 1644779).]

Learn more about how this image was generated at MAGlab's Artsy-Chartsy. (Date of image: unknown; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: June 23, 2021)

Credit: Alyssa Henderson and Yan Xin, National MagLab


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