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YbVSb and EuVSb, vanadium-based kagome metals with Yb and Eu zig-zag chains
Here we present YbVSb and EuVSb, two new compounds exhibiting
slightly distorted vanadium-based kagome nets interleaved with zig-zag chains
of divalent Yb and Eu ions. Single crystal growth methods are
reported alongside magnetic, electronic, and thermodynamic measurements.
YbVSb is a nonmagnetic metal with no collective phase transitions
observed between 60mK and 300K. Conversely, EuVSb is a magnetic kagome
metal exhibiting easy-plane ferromagnetic-like order below =32K
with signatures of noncollinearity under low field. Our discovery of
YbVSb and EuVSb demonstrate another direction for the discovery
and development of vanadium-based kagome metals while incorporating the
chemical and magnetic degrees of freedom offered by a rare-earth sublattice