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The “Center for Chiral Electronics”, Excellence Cluster in Materials Science, is a joint initiative of the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle, Martin Luther University, the Freie Universtät Berlin and the University of Regensburg. more

Beginning in June 2025, Dr. Schröter will take up his new role at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg while partially continuing his research at the Max Planck Institute. more

A publication in SPIE Neurophotonics demonstrated a foundry-fabricated dual-color nanophotonic neural probe developed in collaboration between the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics and the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics. more

A groundbreaking study reveals highly mobile hot carriers in 2D conjugated coordination polymers (2D c-CPs), challenging the paradigm that organic materials are unsuitable for non-equilibrium charge transport applications. more

Dr. Vikki N. Shinde and Dr. Muhammad Imran begin pioneering graphene research in synthesis and nanoribbon development in the Department of Synthetic Materials and Functional Devices, backed by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships. more

A longstanding challenge in condensed matter physics - distinguishing between two fundamentally different types of insulators - may finally have a solution. more

Prof. Stuart Parkin talks about the future of data storage in the podcast Agents of Tech more

The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) has awarded the 2025 C10 Early Career Scientist Prize to Dr. Niels Schröter, recognizing his transformative contributions to the field of condensed matter physics. more

New publication in Nature Materials, an international team of researchers has developed groundbreaking artificial chains of the iconic ‘olympicene’ molecules to realize the antiferromagnetic (AF) spin-½ Heisenberg model. more

IMPRS PhD student Simon Arnold will begin a three-month research exchange in March to establish and strengthen collaboration between the NISE department at the Max Planck Institute, led by Prof. Stuart Parkin, and the Orchestrating Physics for Unconventional Systems (OPUS) laboratory at the University of Santa Barbara in California, led by Prof. Kerem Camsari. more