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most citedIntriguing Low-Temperature Phase in the Antiferromagnetic Kagome Metal FeGe

25 citations · 41 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

cond-mat.str-el2026

Band-Saddle-Point Engineering in Mixed -site VSb Kagome Metals

Maxim Wenzel, Alexander A. Tsirlin, Andrea N. Capa Salinas +4

VSb compounds ( = K, Rb, Cs) offer an experimental platform for probing the physics of kagome metals near ideal Van Hove filling. Here, we use optical spectroscopy on…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Magnetic circular dichroism of THz modes and selection rules of Raman-active optical phonons in the polar altermagnet candidate \ce{Mn2Mo3O8}

F. Schilberth, K. Vasin, M. Knauft +14

We investigated the magnetic and vibrational excitations in the collinear altermagnet candidate \ce{Mn2Mo3O8} by temperature dependent Raman scattering and magneto-optical THz time…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Thermodynamic signatures of a field-induced ordered intermediate phase in NaCoTeO

Prashanta K. Mukharjee, Sebastian Erdmann, R. Kalaivanan +4

The honeycomb cobaltate NaCoTeO has recently been proposed as a candidate material for hosting field-induced quantum spin liquid (QSL) behavior. Here, we present a comp…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Quantum spin ladder with ferromagnetic rungs in BiCuO(SO)

Rodolfo A. Rangel Hernandez, Kirill Yu. Povarov, Sergei Zvyagin +3

We introduce BiCuO(SO) as a rare example of a spin-ladder magnet with ferromagnetic interactions on the rungs. Its magnetic response is studied through measurements of…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026★ 4 cited

Revisiting the symmetry and optical phonons of altermagnetic -MnTe

Ece Uykur, Marcos V. Gonçalves-Faria, Sahana Rößler +5

Using infrared (IR) and Raman spectroscopies combined with high-resolution x-ray diffraction, we address several controversial aspects of altermagnetic -MnTe. We show that mecha…

cond-mat.str-el2026

Magnetic and electric properties of the metallic kagome antiferromagnet CrRhAs

Franziska Breitner, Bin Shen, Anton Jesche +2

CrRhAs is an antiferromagnetic kagome metal predicted to host a nontrivial spin texture with vector spin chirality [Huang \textit{et al.}, \textit{npj Quantum Mater.} \textbf{8}, 3…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Is ruthenium dioxide altermagnet?

Alexander A. Tsirlin, Ece Uykur, Oleg Janson

Ruthenium dioxide was named as one of the first and most promising altermagnetic candidates with -wave symmetry. We summarize key findings for this material and critically discu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Low-field magnetization processes of hexagonal easy-plane altermagnet -MnTe

Sahana Rößler, Victoria Ginga, Marcus Schmidt +5

Single crystals of -MnTe were synthesized by chemical vapor transport using iodine as the transport reagent. Structural characterization by powder x-ray diffraction confirmed th…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Optical conductivity and band gap in the double-Weyl candidate SrSi2 at ambient pressure

L. Z. Maulana, A. A. Tsirlin, E. Uykur +4

We probe the possible double-Weyl state in cubic SrSi2 using optical spectroscopy. The complex optical conductivity was measured in a frequency range from 70 to 22 000 cm-1 at temp…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 4 cited

Pressure tuning of competing interactions on a honeycomb lattice

Piyush Sakrikar, Bin Shen, Eduardo H. T. Poldi +20

Magnetic exchange interactions are mediated via orbital overlaps across chemical bonds. Thus, modifying the bond angles by physical pressure or strain can tune the relative strengt…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 1 cited

Beyond kagome: -bands in kagome metals

Alexander A. Tsirlin, Ece Uykur

We review recent studies on quantum materials where transition-metal atoms give rise to -bands typical of kagome metals. Using examples from several material families - AVSb…

cond-mat.str-el2025★ 1 cited

Pressure-tuned spin chains in brochantite, CuSO(OH)

Victoria A. Ginga, Bin Shen, Ece Uykur +3

Using high-pressure single-crystal x-ray diffraction combined with thermodynamic measurements and density-functional calculations, we uncover the microscopic magnetic model of the…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Pressure-induced strange metal phase in a metallic kagome ferromagnet

Bin Shen, Feng Du, Franziska Breitner +4

Strange metallicity with -linear electrical resistance preceding high- superconductivity remains an enigmatic, yet crucial, signature of correlation physics. Using electric…

cond-mat.str-el2024★ 25 cited

Intriguing Low-Temperature Phase in the Antiferromagnetic Kagome Metal FeGe

M. Wenzel, E. Uykur, A. A. Tsirlin +7

The properties of kagome metals are governed by the interdependence of band topology and electronic correlations resulting in remarkably rich phase diagrams. Here, we study the tem…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 6 cited

Coherent phonon and unconventional carriers in the magnetic kagome metal FeSn

M. V. Gonçalves-Faria, A. Pashkin, Q. Wang +5

Temperature- and fluence-dependent carrier dynamics of the magnetic Kagome metal FeSn were studied using the ultrafast optical pump-probe technique. Two carrier relaxation…