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Death of Mark-Oliver Goerbig
The Solid State Physics Laboratory is in mourning. It has just lost one of its leading members. Mark-Oliver Goerbig, a researcher in the Theory group, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, September 2, at the age of 50. This is a huge shock for our community. His death marks the loss of one of the best scientists of his generation and a warm and charismatic personality. The rest of the article
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NOVEL ELECTRONIC STATES OF MATTER
Both experimental and theoretical studies are concerned with quantum and strongly interacting systems. Coupling lattice, spin, charge and orbital interactions leads to unique properties of new materials, which are regularly discovered.
PHYSICAL PHENOMENA IN REDUCED DIMENSIONS
This axis deals with “nanoscience” considered in a broad sense. Phenomena are studied from the point of view of fundamental properties when the dimensions of an object become as small as some characteristic length scales (coherence length, mean free path…).
SOFT MATTER AND PHYSICS-BIOLOGY INTERFACE
These research fields lie at the border between physical chemistry and biology where the large number of interactions give rise to cooperative phenomena and complex macroscopic behaviour (liquid crystals, surfactants, foams, colloids, confined DNA, viruses, membranes, living matter…).
Scientific teams
Spectroscopies of Quantum Materials
Matter and radiation
Theory
Nanosecond Transport in Nanostructures
Andrej Meszaros
Frontiers of Science 2024
Andrej Meszaros, a scientist in the Theory team at LPS, has been awarded the “Frontiers of Science 2024” prize for his work in the field of “Condensed Matter Physics.”
Frédéric Restagno
Dédale prize
The Dédale prize from the Sociéte Française d’Adhésion was granted to Frédéric Restagno (MMOI team)
Suzanne Lafon
PhD prize for the Graduate School of Physics – Université Paris-Saclay
Suzanne Lafon received the PhD prize for the Graduate School of Physics – Université Paris-Saclay
Tiago Outerelo-Corvo
PhD prize of the Société Française de Neutronique
Tiago Outerelo-Corvo received the PhD prize of the Société Française de Neutronique
ERWAN PAINEAU
GFA Award
The GFA Young investigator award was attributed to Erwan Paineau (LPS, CNRS/University of Paris-Saclay) for the excellence and originality of his work on imogolite clay nanotubes.
pascale Launois
Pascale Launois, CNRS Research Director at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides d’Orsay, has been awarded the “André Guinier” prize by the Association Française de Cristallographie.
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Death of Mark-Oliver Goerbig
The Solid State Physics Laboratory is in mourning. It has just lost one of its leading members. Mark-Oliver Goerbig, a researcher in the Theory group, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, …
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