Linking the properties of light and the structure of a material at the nanometer scale provides valuable information for the development of optoelectronic devices. Physicists have measured for the first …
Each year, about 150 faculty from all disciplines and from universities throughout France are appointed for five years to the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), whose mission is to promote …
Cover of EPJ B’s June issue is illustrated by the main figure of article « Topology of contact points in Lieb-kagomé model », by Gilles Abramovici. This object, called classification surface, is …
The story of liquid crystals is that of transgression of frontiers and of breaking of common beliefs. Indeed, liquid crystals were discovered by a biochemist, Friedrich Reinitzer, who shared his …
Glasses are ubiquitous materials present in our daily life. They originate from the dynamical arrest of a fluid. If a fluid is cooled down or compressed sufficiently rapidly, it avoids …
Many interesting properties in condensed matter systems originate from interactions between electrons. Since these interactions usually take place on short time scales, a measurement of time-averaged properties is often missing …
The “Physics reimagined” team has been developing new ways of popularizing and teaching physics at LPS. The first lockdown in march 2020 was an opportunity for its members to test …
Mankind’s relationship with fibres goes back thousands of years, but in the last century we have moved beyond natural plant and animal-based yarns (silk, wool) to develop stronger, more versatile …
Imagine a cube on which light is projected by a flashlight. The cube reflects the light in a particular way, so simply spinning the cube or moving the flashlight makes …
The Bronze Medal rewards the first works of researchers who are specialists in their field. This distinction represents an encouragement from the CNRS to pursue research that is already well …
