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The kagome metal LuCo₆Ge₆ exhibits opposite carrier polarities along different crystallographic directions, producing a giant transverse thermoelectric response without magnetic fields. The discovery establishes a new design principle that exploits kagome electronic structures for efficient energy conversion. more

An international research team, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, has developed a new approach to directly access altermagnetic order by introducing a controlled distortion of the crystal lattice.

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Collaboration between the startup alqem AI and MPI CPfS more

Through the “Quantum Materials – Rice and Max Planck Partnership” they advance global leadership in quantum materials and technology. more

A new arsenide with two magnetic species displays unconventional thermoelastic response as a result of crystal structure flexibility. more

An international team led by Max Planck's Steffen Wirth uncovers critical CeB₆ surface reconstructions impacting electronic behavior. more

Ultra–low-temperature transport and thermodynamic measurements down to 200 microkelvin reveal a rare, spin-triplet odd-parity superconducting state underpinned by magnetism in the heavy-fermion metal YbRh₂Si₂.
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Direct observation of magnetization dynamics in 3D DNA-like nanostructures reveals resonant oscillations and a rich mode spectrum, with simulations showing that geometry can serve as a powerful tuning parameter.  more

A synergistic effort between theory and experiment has led to the discovery of a new family of materials that combines exotic topology with heavy-fermion physics. more

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

A new member of the Kagome metal family that overcomes long-standing geometric constraints has been discovered and studied by an international research team led by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (MPI CPfS). The results, published in Nature Materials, introduce the compound TbTi₃Bi₄ as a model system for designing next-generation quantum materials with highly tunable magnetic and electronic properties. more

In collaboration with scientists in Germany, EPFL researchers have demonstrated that the spiral geometry of tiny, twisted magnetic tubes can be leveraged to transmit data based on quasiparticles called magnons, rather than electrons.
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Warm congratulations to Dr Haijing Zhang, who has been appointed to a professorship at Southeast University in Nanjing, China. more

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We warmly congratulate Francisco Lieberich on winning a poster award at this year's conference “Current Trends in Strongly Correlated and Frustrated Systems” (SCF25). more

At the beginning of the 2025/26 winter semester, two of our scientists won important scientific promotions. Coincidentally, both are named Elena: Elena Hassinger and Elena Gati. We congratulate both of them on their appointments to full W3 professorships. more

Congratulations to Hilary Noad, who has received the Wilhelm Heraeus Junior Visiting Professorship for Physics 2025, awarded by the President of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation. more

An international team led by researchers at MPI-CPfS used irradiation with extremely high-energy electrons to controllably introduce atomic defects in superconducting nickelate thin films. Their systematic investigation recently published in Physical Review Letters helps to narrow down the possible answers to fundamental questions of how superconductivity emerges in these materials. more

Claudia Felser, Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, received the ‘E-MRS Professor Jan Czochralski Award 2025’ for her contributions and achievements in materials science. more

Jordan Tierney, a recent graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States), has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Award to conduct research at MPI CPfS. more