Anomalous electronic conductance in quasicrystals
Date
2000Source
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials PhysicsVolume
61Issue
9Pages
6048-6056Google Scholar check
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Subtle quantum interference effects in one-dimensional quasicrystals are reported. Quite opposite to their metallic counterparts, quasiperiodic systems are shown to exhibit interesting variations of their conducting properties upon disruption of their long-range order. A sudden phason change in the structure leads to a series of transitions that proceed from extremely simple and regular to highly complex self-similar resistive patterns. ©2000 The American Physical Society.