MPQ | Laboratoire MPQ - Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques

Neutralization of nanoparticles in lung cells

Apr 22, 2023 | MEANS, MPQ

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

Mar 29, 2023 | MPQ, SQUAP

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.

Oct 12, 2022 | MPQ, STM

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.

Oct 12, 2022 | LIME, MPQ

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...

Discovering Quantum Technologies

Oct 1, 2022 | MPQ

The Graduate School Quantum Technologies of Université Paris Cité, the Physics Department, the IRIF (Institute of Research in Fundamental Computer Science), and the MPQ (Materials and Quantum Phenomena) laboratory are partnering for the 2022 edition of the Science...

Spintronics at the source of information

Sep 23, 2022 | MPQ, TELEM

In their recent work in the field of spin electronics, spintronics, led by Dr. Pascal Martin and Dr. Clément Barraud, research teams from the Interfaces Traitements Organisation et DYnamique des Systèmes (ITODYS) and Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques (MPQ)...