Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

Inauguration of newly-founded MPSD

February 27, 2013

Managing Director Andrea Cavalleri inaugurates the newly founded Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter with a spontaneous reception.

Quasi-Symmetry reveals new topology

May 18, 2022

Symmetry is a key concept in our understanding of the physical world around us. They way self-similar components are arranged following the guidelines of symmetry dictates their joint behavior. It is no accident that the human body evolved in a ...

Supercomputer Ada accelerates computational research

May 18, 2022

A new supercomputer capable of handling highly data-intensive calculations for the MPSD and the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPIPKS) has just been completed and gone online. Its enormous compute power allows scientists to ...

Jérôme Faist comes to the MPSD with Humboldt Research Award

May 03, 2022

Jérôme Faist, Professor at the Institute for Quantum Electronics at ETH Zürich, is to receive a Humboldt Research Award to pursue his work at the MPSD in Hamburg.

IOP Publishing Open Access agreement

March 23, 2022

ERC Consolidator Grant for Ajit Srivastava

March 17, 2022

Condensed matter physicist Ajit Srivastava, an Associate Professor at Emory University in the United States, has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to carry out research at the MPSD for the next five years. With his TuneInt2Quantum ...

A remote control for functional materials

March 08, 2022

When mid-infrared laser pulses hit certain complex materials, their fundamental properties can change in astonishing ways. They may become magnetic, ferroelectric or begin to carry electrical currents without any resistance. A key ingredient of these ...