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Welcome to the MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

The MPSD investigates dynamical phenomena in matter down to the elementary timescales of atomic and electronic motions.
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Andrea Cavalleri to be awarded the Stern-Gerlach Medal

The founding director of the MPSD will receive the prestigious prize in recognition of his “pioneering work in light-based control of quantum materials, with which he made groundbreaking contributions to controlling emergent phenomena in solid-state physics”.
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Ultrashort laser flashes

Light, lenses, mirrors: Researchers use laser pulses to probe the dynamic behavior of atoms and electrons.

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Dong Li

Nonlinear transport signatures of Fermi arcs and Weyl- superconductivity in ion-milled Weyl semimetals
Jul 30, 2026 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPSD Bldg. 900, Room: Seminar Room EG.136
  
  

Institute News

Dongsung Choi, a postdoctoral researcher in the Quantum Condensed Matter Dynamics group led by ...

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