Kondomania

TL;DR

This paper reviews the diverse manifestations and significance of the Kondo effect in quantum materials, highlighting its role in shaping their unique electronic properties.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in understanding the Kondo effect across different quantum materials.

Findings

Kondo effect influences electronic properties of quantum materials

Various forms of the Kondo effect are identified in different systems

Understanding the Kondo effect is key to explaining unusual material behaviors

Abstract

Originally the Kondo effect describes a scattering mechanism of electrons in metals that have defects with internal quantum mechanical degrees of freedom. The characteristic dynamic interplay between localized and itinerant states occurs in many different forms. It is now clear that the Kondo effect shapes the properties of various classes of quantum materials and is a key to understanding their unusual properties. In the following we outline a selection of the most important developments in this Kondomania.