Quantum interferences in quasicrystals

TL;DR

This paper explores quantum interference effects in quasicrystals, highlighting their unique impact on electrical conductivity and the mechanisms behind localization and metal-insulator transitions.

Contribution

It reveals how quasicrystals exhibit unique quantum interference effects that alter conductivity and discusses the origins of localization and metal-insulator transitions in these materials.

Findings

Quasicrystals show original alterations in conductive properties due to quantum interference.

Localization mechanisms are linked to a metal-insulator transition in quasicrystals.

Quasiperiodic structures influence quantum effects differently than metallic systems.

Abstract

Contributions of quantum interference effects occuring in quasicrystals are emphasized. First conversely to metallic systems, quasiperiodic ones are shown to enclose original alterations of their conductive properties while downgrading long range order. Besides, origins of localization mechanisms are outlined within the context of the original metal-insulator transition (MIT) found in these materials.