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Six stations covering topics such as spintronics, low-temperature physics, and photonics opened the Institute's doors during Halle's citywide science night on July 3, 2026. more

Stuart Parkin hands over the leadership of the Institute after nine years in total as Managing Director, including further personnel appointments taking effect the same day. more

In a recent article published in Nature Chemistry, an international team of researchers successfully applied cyclophane chemistry, for the first time, to graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) system. Their study demonstrates that this cyclophane-based shielding strategy not only sterically shields the π-conjugated surface of GNR but also imparts internal strain, enabling singly dispersed GNRs while simultaneously modulating their optoelectronic properties, thereby providing a generalizable strategy for engineering solution-processable GNRs compatible with quantum device applications. more

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