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kagome

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[kah-goh-may] / kɑˈgoʊ meɪ /

noun

  1. a pattern of interlaced triangles and hexagons used traditionally in Japanese bamboo weaving.

adjective

  1. having a structure that resembles a pattern of interlaced triangles and hexagons.

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Physicists call these kagome tubes, a reference to traditional Japanese basket weaving that used similar patterns.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025

The important tailor-made property of the MOF in this study is its star-shaped geometry, known as a kagome structure.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

But with further manipulation, the kagome can be put in excited states.

From Scientific American • May 10, 2023

Topological magnon bands in a kagome lattice ferromagnet.

From Nature • Mar. 18, 2018

We observe a temperature-independent intrinsic anomalous Hall conductivity that persists above room temperature, which is suggestive of prominent Berry curvature from the time-reversal-symmetry-breaking electronic bands of the kagome plane.

From Nature • Mar. 18, 2018

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