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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.

Scientific Departments

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Condensed Matter Dynamics

Andrea Cavalleri
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Microstructured Quantum Matter

Philip Moll
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Nanoscale Quantum Materials - Optics

Jie Shan
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Nanoscale Quantum Materials - Transport

Kin Fai Mak
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Theory

Angel Rubio

Scientific Press Releases

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External Scientific Talks/Events

Rafael Flores-Calderon

Non-thermal electron-photon steady-states, superconductivity and charge density waves in open cavity-quantum-materials
Apr 17, 2026 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
CFEL (Bldg. 99), Room: Seminar Room IV, O1.109
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Internal Scientific Talks/Events

Currently there are no Internal Scientific Talks/Events scheduled.
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Institute News

Two new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships at the MPSD

April 10, 2026

Two postdoctoral researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter ...

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