The LPS welcomes students and researchers from Ukraine, who wish to continue their activities in the framework of the research topics we develop. The French government implements a program of emergency assistance for scientists in exile (Pause – Solidarité Ukraine). The LPS will provide all the necessary conditions for the realization of scientific projects within the framework of this program. 

Topics

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

Theory
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Ultrafast light, Electron spectroscopy and coherence for electronic crystals
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Colonne du microscope électronique en transmission à balayage NION CHROMATEM du LPS
Electron microscopy
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Tissues, Cells and Biofilms
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Mesoscopic physics
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Spectroscopies of Quantum Materials
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Matter and radiation
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Pulsed Ultrafast Light in Solids
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Susana Marín-Aguilar

Saint-Gobain PhD award

Susana Marín-Aguilar has been awarded the Saint-Gobain Prize of the French Physical Society. The importance of the research topic, the quality and originality of the results obtained and the clarity of the presentation are the main criteria to distinguish the winners.

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Geoffrey Monet

SFN 2021 PhD award

He has been awarded the 2021 thesis prize of the French Neutron Society (SFN) for his work on water confined in geo-inspired nanotubes and the development of an original method for visualizing and assigning vibration modes. This prize rewards a quality PhD work for which the contribution of neutron scattering is decisive.

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Manon Marchand

PhOM 2021 PhD award

She is the recipient of the Physics of Waves and Matter (PhOM) prize for her work on the friction of liquid foams on rough surfaces. This distinction, awarded by the Graduate School of Physics of the University of Paris Saclay, recognizes the originality and excellence of theses carried out in one of the PhOM laboratories.

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Freek Massee

CNRS bronze medal 2021

The bronze medal rewards initial research that has established a researcher as a specialist in their field. This distinction is a form of encouragement to pursue research that is already well underway and proving successful.

Congratulations Freek! !

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News

Axis 2 / News

Charis Quay awarded Prix d’Aumale

On the 17th of October, the Académie des Sciences awarded the 2023 Prix d’Aumale to Charis Quay, maîtresse des conférences at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay). Charis …

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Dans les médias

Julien Bobroffradiofrance.fr - 28 novembre 2022

Vers une nouvelle révolution quantique ?

On explore le monde merveilleux de la physique quantique avec Julien Bobroff, Professeur à l’université Paris-Saclay. Ses qualités de vulgarisateur[…].

Emmanuel BEAUDOINLe journal du CNRS

À la recherche des aurores martiennes

Phénomènes lumineux fascinants, les aurores polaires sont régulièrement visibles sur Terre. Mais existent-elles sur d’autres planètes, comme sur Mars’[…]

Emmanuelle RIO - LPSfrance.tv - 15 octobre 2021 .

C'est toujours pas sorcier saison 4 épisode 1 en streaming | France tv .

Le tout nouveau magazine de vulgarisation scientifique destiné à tous les curieux. […]

Mark GOERBIG - LPSpourlascience.fr - 20 septembre 2021

Un cristal d’électrons observé en laboratoire | Pour la Science

Formé d’électrons immobiles et répartis de façon régulière, un « cristal de Wigner » est un état difficile à réaliser. […]

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Introduction

Introduction

The Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (Laboratory of Solid-State Physics; LPS) is a joint research unit (UMR 8502) between the Université Paris-Saclay and CNRS. It is mainly affiliated to the CNRS Institute of Physics and the 28th section of the National Council of Universities.

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History of the LPS

History of the LPS

The Laboratoire de Physique des Solides was established by André Guinier, Jacques Friedel and Raimond Castaing at the start of the university year 1959, in the Orsay campus. The latter had been acquired in 1955 by the Ministry of National Education.

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Flowcharts

The permanent staff of the laboratory is presented on a technical and administrative organization chart and a scientific organization chart.

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THE LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES SOLIDES

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Reach the LPS

The laboratory is located on the Orsay campus of the Paris-Sud University, about 25 km southwest of Paris. It occupies a large, cross-shaped building (bâtiment 510) in the northern part of the campus (the Moulon plateau). How to reach the LPS

Laboratoire de Physique des Solides

1 rue Nicolas Appert, Bâtiment 510, 91405 Orsay Cedex France

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