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kagome

American  
[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

This work provides evidence for a ferromagnetic kagome metal and an example of emergent topological electronic properties in a correlated electron system.

From Nature ● Mar. 18, 2018

Theoretical work has predicted that kagome lattices may also host Dirac electronic states5 that could lead to topological6 and Chern7 insulating phases, but these states have so far not been detected in experiments.

From Nature ● Mar. 18, 2018

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