It has long been predicted that spin-1/2 antiferromagnets on the kagome lattice should feature a series of plateaus in the change of its magnetization under an applied magnetic field. A quantum plateau of this kind has now been observed experimentally.
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Chern, GW. A kagome antiferromagnet reaches its quantum plateau. Nat. Phys. 20, 353–354 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02383-y
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