News from the Institute

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

Modern research opportunities for the future with an investment volume of 70 million euros. more

Pupils from Saaleschule Halle visited our Institute as part of their science project days. more

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

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

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

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… more

Woltersdorf will head the "Magnetic Microscopy and Spin Dynamics" Fellow Group at the Max Planck Institute until the end of 2029. The research aims to create the basis for future applications in information storage and processing. more