Superconductors are quantum materials that are perfect transmitters of electricity and electronic information. Presently, cuprates are the best candidate for highest temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure, operating at approximately -120 ^oC.  Improving this involves understanding competing phases, one of which has now been identified. [more]

Lead-halide perovskite materials have a realistic perspective to play an important role in future photovoltaic devices. In our study, we have demonstrated that thermal expansion is a powerful technique to precisely determine phase transition temperatures. Since any structural change has severe impact on the phononic and electronic structure, the information provided by this study can be employed strategically to predict changes in the optical and charge transport properties that are currently under intense investigation. [more]

The newly constructed MPI-NSRRC TPS 45A beamline has been inaugurated on 7-May-2019 in the presence of the German Ambassador in Taiwan and the Deputy Minister of the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology.

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Ferromagnetism with parallel arrangement of magnetic moments and antiferromagnetism with an antiparallel one are two textbooks examples of magnetic orders. We report a discovery of a new type of magnetic order realized in Ca₃Ru₂O₇ when a magnetic field is applied along a special direction in a crystal. A coupling between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic orders leads to a magnetic texture, which sways from parallel to antiparallel alignment of moments on lengthscales of a few tens of nanometers. [more]

The elections of the Section Gender Equality Officers of the Max Planck Society for the period from May 2019 to May 2021 took place from 04^th to 23^rd of April 2019. Gudrun Auffermann was elected as Section Gender Equality Officer of the Chemistry, Physics and Technology Section. [more]

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.

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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.

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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]