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FIELD
Computational Sciences
DATE
May 18 (Mon), 2026
TIME
11:00 ~ 13:00
PLACE
1424
SPEAKER
Lee, Sungbin
HOST
Son, Young-Woo
INSTITUTE
KAIST
TITLE
[GS_C_MS] Exotic phenomena in quasicrystals
ABSTRACT
Quasicrystals, characterized by long-range order without translational periodicity, host electronic states that fundamentally differ from those in crystalline solids. Their intrinsic quasiperiodicity gives rise to critical wavefunctions with multifractal spatial structure, which profoundly reshapes the nature of interactions and collective phenomena. Here, we show that multifractal states generically mediate long-range, highly nonlocal couplings, effectively promoting short-range interactions into system-wide connectivity. In addition, we demonstrate unconventional superconductivity in which multifractal pairing is uniquely stabilized, with enhanced robustness arising from multiscale coherence.
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