Overview

Novel and emergent materials have attracted major interest in condensed matter research because of their wide-ranging physical properties that are not only important for basic research but also for various applications. The major purpose of this conference is to present and discuss cutting-edge theoretical work on novel and emergent materials that will include transition metal oxides, spin-orbit materials, topological insulators, novel iron-based superconductors, and two-dimensional materials. In particular, Graphene and topological insulators constitute a novel class of materials in condensed matter physics whose low-energy quasiparticles obey Dirac-like, rather than Schrodinger-like, equations. The main purpose of the present meeting will be to discuss recent progress in theory (both ab-initio as well as many-body approaches) to understand these novel materials. The conference will also have special talks by leading experimentalists in the Asia Pacific region working in the area mentioned above.

Topics

• Frustrated magnetism including spin-orbit induced magnetism and spin liquids

• 2D system including 2D magnetism

• Emergent materials (Topological materials, Novel superconductors)

Invited Speakers

Kedar Damle (TIFR Mumbai)

Tanusri Saha Dasgupta (SN Bose Centre, Kolkata)

Subhadeep Datta (IACS, Kolkata)

Arnab Sen (IACS, Kolkata)

Goutam Sheet (IISER Mohali)

Arun Paramekanti (U of Toronto, Canada)

Umesh Waghmare (JNCASR, Bangalore)

Kee Hoon Kim (SNU)

Jun Sung Kim (POSTECH)

Kwon Park (KIAS)

Je-Geun Park (SNU)

Jaehoon Park (POSTECH)

Young-Woo Son (KIAS)

Chan-Ho Yang (KAIST)

Organizers 

• Jaejun Yu (Seoul National Univ., Korea, Chair)

• Young-Woo Son (KIAS, Korea, Co-chair)

• Indra Dasgupta (IACS, India, Co-Chair)

• D. D. Sarma (IISc, India)

Host

APCTP (Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics)

IACS (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science)

KIAS (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)