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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.
Photo with Jie Shan and Kin Fai Mak

Institute News

Quantum materials research pioneers Jie Shan and Kin Fai Mak join MPSD as directors.
Photo of a laser test setup

Ultrashort laser flashes

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

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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