When a band falls flat: Searching for flatness in materials (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

When a band falls flat: Searching for flatness in materials

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An artistic representation of band dispersions for a given material. Black ribbons represent different bands, while the vertical axis is kinetic energy. At the center we have two flat bands originating from the unique kagome structure of the material.

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