A collaboration of the Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Cologne has developed a new method for imaging electronic orbitals in solids at the German Electron Synchrotron DESY in Hamburg.  [more]

To commemorate the International Women’s day, students from the MPI CPfS and MPI PKS have collaborated to prepare an exhibition about the role of women who made outstanding contributions in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Mathematics and Engineering. [more]

Once thought rare, strangely behaving substances called "topological materials" are in fact quite common, a finding that bodes well for their potential use in future electronics. An international team of researchers has assembled an online catalogue, based on the periodic table, to make it easy to design new versions of these unusual materials. [more]

An international research team from Germany, USA, China and Ukraine performed comprehensive spectroscopic and thermodynamic measurements of the new quasi-1D magnet, YbAlO₃. Their study shows, that 4f-based magnets can provide an excellent realization of different aspects of quasi-1D quantum physics, such as quantum criticality and a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid state. [more]

Am 29.01. um 19:00 Uhr ist es soweit - die DRESDEN-concept Tram rollt erstmalig als Science Café durch die Stadt. Sechs Experten aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik (MPI CBG), dem Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe (MPI CPfS), der Technischen Universität Dresden (TUD) und der Staatlichen Kunstsammlung Dresden (SKD) stellen sich den Fragen der Dresdner Öffentlichkeit zum Thema „Universum“. [more]

It was with great sadness that we learned of the sudden death of Shoucheng Zhang, who was external member of our institute and one of the leading condensed matter theorists of his generation. [more]

High-temperature superconductors can transport electrical energy without losses. However, a rigid charge order prevents superconductivity. In an international collaboration, researchers have studied the competing states with high-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering and found that high uniaxial pressure orders the electrons. Their study provides new insights into the function of electronically correlated materials. [more]

76 Max Planck scientists among the most highly cited researchers 2018 [more]

Warmest congratulations to Dr Hilary Noad, who has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers. [more]

The topological nature of the surface states in SmB₆ is exposed by means of scanning tunneling spectroscopy on samples with magnetic substituents or by using magnetic tunneling tips. These local measurements are complemented by global transport measurements on identical samples. [more]

Professor Andy Mackenzie has been awarded a Hanna Visiting Professorship at Stanford University. [more]

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Claudia Felser was awarded with the James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials for the year 2019. [more]

Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht, aber Quantenmaterialien nicht - Exzellenzcluster ct.qmat der Universitäten Dresden und Würzburg [more]

On 19^th Sept. 2018, there was a racially motivated assault on a foreign PhD student in a tram of DVB. In an open letter, the PhD representatives from six Dresden research institutes clearly position themselves against any violence and oppression towards other people on the basis of their origin or culture. Furthermore, they emphasize the importance of an open and diverse society, especially for Dresden as a research location. [more]

A universal strategy based on electrochemically induced fast reconstruction of amorphous nanofilm precursors is proposed for exploring ultrahigh mass activity and extremely stable bifunctional water splitting catalysts. The facile reconstruction strategy is promising for the development of novel efficient catalysts for other advanced energy conversion and storage devices. [more]

Hydrodynamic electron flow can only be observed in high-purity quantum materials. An international team of members from the IBM Research Laboratory Zurich, the University of Hamburg and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids has now found signatures of electron hydrodynamics in the semimetal tungsten diphosphide. The results were published in the journal Nature Communications. [more]

We are very pleased to announce that in this year Johannes Gooth’s 2017 paper in Nano Letters on “Ballistic One-Dimensional InAs Nanowire Cross-Junction Interconnects” was selected by the committee. [more]

Dr. Iryna Antonyshyn was awarded with the Best Poster Prize at the 2^nd Global Conference on Catalysis, Chemical Engineering and Technology (Rome, September 13-16, 2018). [more]

In a recent study, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden have performed a comprehensive study of thermoelectric and thermomagnetic properties of polycrystalline Weyl semimetal NbP. [more]

Die drei Dresdner Max-Planck-Institute – das MPI für die Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, das MPI für die Physik komplexer Systeme und das MPI für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik – organisieren eine gemeinsame Veranstaltung zum bundesweiten „Max-Planck-Tag“ in der Dresdner Innenstadt, genauer gesagt im Plenarsaal des Rathauses, um die Arbeit speziell ihrer Institute den Dresdnern und ihren Gästen zu präsentieren. [more]