Zn-flux-enabled synthesis of orthorhombic kagome YbFe<sub>6</sub>Ge<sub>6</sub>: Yb reduction and magnetic behavior.
Meduri, Rahul; Wilkinson, Grant R.; Idrees, Muhammad Z.; Wei, Kaya; Stoian, Sebastian A.; La Pierre, Henry S.; McCandless, Gregory T.; Chan, Julia Y.; Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 62 (2026) 6617–6621; doi:10.1039/d6cc00958a

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 Zn-flux-enabled synthesis of orthorhombic kagome
 YbFe<sub>6</sub>Ge<sub>6</sub>: Yb reduction and magnetic behavior.
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