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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics demonstrate broadband integrated photodetectors for visible and near-infrared photonic circuits, featuring low dark currents, high-speed operation, and avalanche mode capability. more

Mihir Date, PhD student in Prof. Niels Schröter's group at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, will attend the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. From 28 June to 3 July, he will meet more than 70 Nobel laureates and over 600 other researchers from 88 countries. more

An international team from the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, the Krembil Brain Institute, the University of Toronto, and Advanced Micro Foundry demonstrates a silicon-photonics neurotechnology that integrates photostimulation, electrical recording, and drug delivery. more

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, and collaborating institutions have developed a new class of donor-acceptor two-dimensional conjugated polymers with record-high charge carrier mobility and ultranarrow band gaps. The work establishes diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based two-dimensional poly(arylene vinylene)s as high-performance organic semiconductors. more

Research team produces ultra-clean MXenes with outstanding electrical performance more

In a recent study published in Nature Chemistry, an international team of researchers reports a new Mannich-elimination synthetic methodology for the construction of single-crystalline two-dimensional poly(arylene vinylene) (2D PAVs) covalent organic frameworks. The team elucidates reversible C=C bond formation driven by Mannich-elimination mechanism, and showcases the synthesis of eleven highly crystalline 2D PAVs converted from eight 2D polyimine precursors. This work further demonstrates that crystallinity has a large impact on the charge transport properties, as exemplified by benzotrithiophene-based honeycomb 2D PAVs exhibiting charge mobilities 10 times greater than the amorphous 2D PAVs or their 2D polyimine counterparts. more

International collaboration led from Halle and Dresden demonstrates a chiral fermionic valve without magnets more

In a recent article published in Nature Communications, researchers from TU Dresden and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics reported a side chain-induced chirality amplification (SICA) strategy that enables the synthesis of highly crystalline and conductive chiral 2D c-MOFs with tunable chirality and record-high spin polarization of up to 96.9%. This approach represents a significant advancement for designing chiral 2D crystalline materials with high conductivity and high spin polarization, highlighting the significant potential of chiral 2D c-MOFs in chiral electronics and spintronics. more

Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics in Halle as part of his inaugural visit to Reiner Haseloff, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt more

In a recent article published in Nature Synthesis, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics and TU Dresden reported an on-water surface synthesis strategy for the construction of mechanically interlocked monolayer and bilayer 2D polymers. This study sheds light on the controlled synthesis of crystalline 2D polymer at the monolayer or bilayer level and provides potential avenues to address the challenges of exploring the interlayer structure-property relationships. more