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Kagome materials offer a versatile platform for exploring correlated and topological quantum states, where Van Hove singularities (VHSs) play a pivotal role in driving electronic instabilities, exhibiting distinct behaviors depending on electron filling and interaction settings. In the recently discovered kagome superconductors AV_{3}Sb_{5} (A=K, Rb, Cs), unconventional charge density wave order, superconductivity, and electronic chirality emerge, yet the nature of VHSs near the Fermi level (E_{F}) and their connection to these exotic orders remain elusive. Here, using high-resolution polarization-dependent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we uncover a universal electronic structure across AV_{3}Sb_{5} that is distinct from density-functional theory predictions that show noticeable discrepancies. We identify multiple common sublattice-pure VHSs near E_{F}, arising from strong V-d/Sb-p hybridization, which significantly promote bond-order fluctuations and likely drive the observed charge density wave order. These findings provide direct spectroscopic evidence for hybridization-driven VHS formation in kagome metals and establish a unified framework for understanding the intertwined electronic instabilities in AV_{3}Sb_{5}.

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Physical Review Letters
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2025-12-04
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https://doi.org/10.1103/njg9-jpkh
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Topological Materials and Phenomena
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Karl J. Friston
Physical Review Letters
Topological Materials and Phenomena
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Karl J. Friston
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Kagome materials offer a versatile platform for exploring correlated and topological quantum states, where Van Hove singularities (VHSs) play a pivotal role in driving electronic instabilities, exhibiting distinct behaviors depending on electron filling and interaction settings. In the recently discovered kagome superconductors AV_{3}Sb_{5} (A=K, Rb, Cs), unconventional charge density wave order, superconductivity, and electronic chirality emerge, yet the nature of VHSs near the Fermi level (E_{F}) and their connection to these exotic orders remain elusive. Here, using high-resolution polarization-dependent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we uncover a universal electronic structure across AV_{3}Sb_{5} that is distinct from density-functional theory predictions that show noticeable discrepancies. We identify multiple common sublattice-pure VHSs near E_{F}, arising from strong V-d/Sb-p hybridization, which significantly promote bond-order fluctuations and likely drive the observed charge density wave order. These findings provide direct spectroscopic evidence for hybridization-driven VHS formation in kagome metals and establish a unified framework for understanding the intertwined electronic instabilities in AV_{3}Sb_{5}.

Physical Review LettersVol. 136(1)
University of California, Santa Barbara (US), Chongqing University (CN), Paul Scherrer Institute (CH), Hefei University (CN), Institute of Theoretical Physics (CN), Zhejiang University (CN)
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Common Sublattice-Pure Van Hove Singularities in the Kagome Superconductors <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>A</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">V</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> — Karl J. Friston · Physical Review Letters (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS