In this fast-moving era of quantum technologies, experimental realization in the field of quantum materials and devices is a must. This emphasises the scope for active research in this area, with various objectives – primarily those that could fulfil the demands of cost-effectiveness, uniformity, thermal stability, scalability, etc. and effective integration with conventional semiconductor devices. These materials can be studied from their collective quantum behaviour of electrons such as superconductivity, fractional quantum Hall effects, etc and are exclusively being studied by both experimental, computational and theoretical condensed matter physicists. Some of the greatly explored areas among the several many-body phenomena with strong quantum correlations are, quantum Hall systems and their localization effects, Mott transitions, quantum correlations and fluctuations, high-temperature superconductivity, topological superconductivity, giant magnetoelectric effect, etc. There exist material systems that exhibit these effects, such as Weyl and Dirac semimetals, Topological Insulators and Superconductors, which can harbour exotic anyonic particles like Majorana fermions - that can realise topological quantum computation, as topological quantum qubits. There is no doubt that topological electronics and photonics can rule the dynamic world of quantum computation in the near future.
This conference is aimed at providing a platform for young researchers and undergraduate students from various institutions to interact with experts working in the area of strongly correlated electron systems and quantum technologies. This conference focuses on emergent phenomena in condensed matter physics and the broader landscape of quantum technologies. These phenomena emerge as a result of the interaction among the constituent electrons and strong quantum mechanical effects. The area of deliberations in this conference would include topological insulators, topological superconductors, high-temperature superconductivity, heavy fermion systems, Mott transition, many-body localization etc. We will review the principles underlying all these phenomena, the recent research and current status, future scopes and challenges within the viewpoint of strong correlation and topology. The areas of focus are listed below.