IMPRS-STNS

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

Congratulations to Peng Wang! more

Our IMPRS-STNS members Kajal and Emily, as well as our future PI Annika Johansson are part of a newly launched video series to introduce our female scientists at the Max-Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics. Check out the interview and learn more about their motivation and passion in research. more

The MLU is working on a project with the Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopia and Gulu University (GU), Uganda. As part of the sub-project "Building up a Graduate Program Hub", the delegation together with the head of InGrA (International Graduate Academy of MLU) Thomas Michael also visited MPI and specifically our graduate school IMPRS-STNS. 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