# Emergent Localization in Dodecagonal Bilayer Quasicrystals

## TL;DR

This paper explores how dodecagonal quasicrystalline order in twisted bilayer graphene induces unique electron localization phenomena without external disorder, revealing new insights into quasicrystal electronic properties.

## Contribution

It demonstrates that quasicrystalline order alone can cause electron localization in bilayer systems, providing a new perspective on quasicrystal electronic behavior.

## Key findings

- Localization occurs due to non-periodic quasicrystalline structure
- Inverse participation ratio indicates strong localization
- Energy level statistics support localization evidence

## Abstract

A new type of long-range ordering in the absence of translational symmetry gives rise to drastic revolution of our common knowledge in condensed matter physics. Quasicrystal, as such unconventional system, became a plethora to test our insights and to find exotic states of matter. In particular, electronic properties in quasicrystal have gotten lots of attention along with their experimental realization and controllability in twisted bilayer systems. In this work, we study how quasicrystalline order in bilayer systems can induce unique localization of electrons without any extrinsic disorders. We focus on dodecagonal quasicrystal that has been demonstrated in twisted bilayer graphene system in recent experiments. In the presence of small gap, we show the localization generically occurs due to non-periodic nature of quasicrystal, which is evidenced by the inverse participation ratio and the energy level statistics. We understand the origin of such localization by approximating the dodecagonal quasicrystals as an impurity scattering problem.