A predicted quasicrystal is based on the ‘einstein’ tile known as the hat
The theoretical material is similar to graphene, but it isn’t a regular crystal
![An animation shows a hat tiling pattern with electrons becoming localized around mirror-image hats as the magnetic field is increased.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/012224_ec_hatphys_feat.gif?fit=1440%2C810&ssl=1)
In this animation, a simulated material based on the hat tile shows electrons becoming trapped as the magnetic field is increased. (Warmer colors indicate a higher probability to find an electron with zero energy in a given location.) Electrons get trapped around the tiles that are mirror-images of the hat.
A. Grushin/Institut Néel/CNRS