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New topology of electron-photon states in cavity quantum materials
The THEORIE team just published in Phys. Rev. Lett. an article on the topological properties of cavity quantum materials. Topological materials exhibit extraordinary properties, thanks to the unique characteristics of their electronic wavefunctions. To grasp this...

Giuseppe Leo elected IUF Senior Member
Giuseppe Leo, Professor at Université Paris Cité and head of the DON team at MPQ laboratory, has been elected Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), with the title of Fundamental Chair. The role of the Institut Universitaire de France is to...

Pint of Science
Several of our researchers are participating in the Pint of Science festival, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. It is one of the largest science festivals in the world. Until May 24th, researchers and the general public come together over a drink in...

Ivan Favero is awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant
Ivan Favero, CNRS senior researcher at the MPQ laboratory, has just been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant. Ivan Favero The project, entitled TUPHO (TUning of PHOtonic resonators) aims to improve the reproducibility of micro and nanophotonic devices, which remains...

Neutralization of nanoparticles in lung cells
How does the body react to inhaled nanoparticles? In a collaboration involving researchers from the MEANS team at the MPQ laboratory, the evolution of molybdenum disulfide nanosheets in mouse lungs has been monitored for up to one month after inhalation....

Excitonic insulator: when electrons decouple from the crystal lattice
Many-body interactions in quantum materials are one of the main drivers of exotic ground states, such as Mott insulators, superconductors, and density waves. Figure:Two-color polarization resolved time resolved Raman scattering set-up. The pump pulse at 1030 nm drive...

Revealing the electronic profile of a p-n junction in doped graphene.
Graphene, composed of a single layer of carbon atoms, possesses unique and promising physical properties in various fields, particularly in electronics. Figure :Diagram (left) representing a cluster of C60 molecules used as a mask to protect graphene during doping by...

Samantha Sbarra, winner of two thesis awards.
Congratulations to Samantha Sbarra for receiving two awards for her thesis conducted under the supervision of Ivan Favero on the topic "Analysis of Individual Nanodroplets and Nanoparticles using a Semiconductor Optomechanical Sensor. Prix de thèse Saint-Gobain de la...