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New Publication in Nature Communication more

Exceptionally clean single-electron transistors from solutions of molecular graphene nanoribbons more

After a successful first period, the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics has been positively evaluated and extended for another six years. It will support up to 35 Ph.D. students in the field of novel atomically engineered materials for nano-systems. more

Breaking translational symmetry while maintaining long range order is one fascinating aspect of quasicrystals. For two-dimensional oxide quasicrystals, researchers at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Max Planck Institute Halle, and the University Grenoble-Alpes settle a long-standing question and explain the mechanism by which quasicrystrals are formed using a combination of x-ray diffraction experiments and first-principles energy stability calculations.  This work was published in Nature Communications on December 7^th, 2022. more

Das Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik legt den Grundstein für den Erweiterungsbau und schafft somit neue Arbeitsplätze. more

In a paper published in Nature Communications, scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle have demonstrated broadband, high-efficiency silicon nitride-on-silicon waveguide photodetectors that are monolithically integrated with visible light photonic circuits. more

Zhiyong Wang was honored with the CGCA Young Researchers Award 2022 for his excellent PhD work on the synthesis of organic two-dimensional (2D) materials. more

Max Planck Fellow Prof. Georg Woltersdorf and physicists from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg generate new nanoscale spin waves more

In a paper published in Nature Physics, scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle show that a lateral Josephson junction made from a type-II Dirac semimetal Nickel di-telluride (NiTe₂) and superconducting Niobium (Nb) electrodes exhibits a large nonreciprocal critical current such that a non-dissipative supercurrent flows in the "forward" direction but a normal dissipative current flows in the "backward" direction. more

A novel strategy to stabilize non-collinear spin textures in van der Waals magnets by self-intercalation. more