A team of researchers, including scientists from the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay), has now identified a key factor controlling this process. The researchers studied silver nanorods—tiny rod-shaped …
The Solid State Physics Laboratory warmly congratulates Mathieu Kociak, CNRS Research Director, on receiving the 2026 Peter Duncumb Award for Excellence in Microanalysis, one of the highest international distinctions awarded …
Researchers from Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS / Université Paris-Saclay) has demonstrated that, under pressure, a magnetic compound is capable of transitioning from an ordered magnetic state to a …
The Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS, CNRS – Université Paris-Saclay) warmly congratulates Julien Basset on the successful defense of his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR), entitled: “Out-of-equilibrium dynamics …
Researchers from the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS), in collaboration with several partners, have revealed that ion transport in ionic liquids is governed by a heterogeneous nanostructured organization, providing …
What is the connection between the Fibonacci chain, a material without periodicity—and the quantum Hall effect in a two-dimensional crystal? This is the question addressed by Anuradha Jagannathan (CNRS, Laboratoire …
The LPS 2025 Highlights booklet is now online. It presents the main scientific achievements, distinctions, and key moments that shaped the life of the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides throughout …
The discovery of new, cost-effective materials free of precious metals, while maintaining high catalytic performance, is of great interest for the electrochemical dissociation of water. A consortium led by researchers …
Physicists at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay) have developed a new method to dynamically control the circular polarization of light by self-assembling chiral metallic nanoparticles. This result, …
We are very pleased to welcome Chunxiao Liu to the LPS team as a CNRS researcher, joining the theory group as a permanent member. Originally from China, he completed his …
