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.

Cheering up a frustrated quantum system

September 24, 2020

One of the holy-grail questions in condensed matter physics is how superconductivity — the property of many electrons to go into a quantum fluid state that can carry electricity without losses — emerges at relatively high temperatures in certain ...

Molecular rocking motions play key role in singlet fission

September 18, 2020

The search for new, super-efficient materials to harvest solar energy is a major research focus around the world. Until now, silicon has been the material of choice for solar cells – but scientists are trying to develop far more efficient and ...

Call opens for IMPRS UFAST graduate school

September 15, 2020

AIP multi-year Read and Publish agreement

August 26, 2020

APS, MPG Pilot Transformative Agreement

August 07, 2020

Gunda Kipp receives Otto Stern prize for best thesis

July 08, 2020

Gunda Kipp from the Non-Equilibrium Transport in Quantum Materials Group at the MPSD has been awarded the Otto Stern Prize for her Masters thesis ‘Towards on-chip THz spectroscopy of quantum materials and heterostructures’. The University of Hamburg ...