Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

Goodbye X! 👋 We moving communication away from X! Our account will remain existent as an archive. Future posts, press releases, job opportunities, conference info, and sneak-peaks into institute-life, will be published via LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, & BlueSky. See you there!

Last week, we hosted the New Perspectives in Solid-State and Materials Research workshop, fostering collaboration between German and Palestinian scientists. With cutting-edge topics & future internships planned, we’re building bridges in materials science! fkf.mpg.de/8647656/2025_0…

We're now on @bluesky! Follow us at bsky.app/profile/mpifkf…!

We’ve extended the deadline for the COMP@SS Internship Program to Feb 27! This program offers talented students from the global South an opportunity to conduct research with us! 🌍 Join us in advancing diversity and scientific excellence! Learn more at fkf.mpg.de/compass

In collaboration with @SBQMI_UBC & @Uni_Stuttgart, we're extending our Joint PhD program! This enables dual doctorates, cutting-edge research, and global mobility for young scientists. Renewed just in time for 2025: Year of Quantum Science! Learn more at: fkf.mpg.de/8637025/2025_0…

The International Ph.D. Program in Quantum Materials connects @UBC, @SBQMI_UBC, @Uni_Stuttgart, and ourselves, offering students a collaborative, cutting-edge education in quantum materials and devices, taking place across two countries. 🇨🇦🇩🇪 qmi.ubc.ca/programs/inter…

Great to host our colleague @esengulciftcii from @mpifkf! ✨ Engaging discussions on cutting-edge research made this visit truly inspiring. Looking forward to more opportunities to work together! 🍀

We investigated how hydrogen and oxygen shape electronic phase changes in LaNiO3, revealing insights into resistance changes and potential for hydrogen sensors, switches, or brain-like electronics. Learn more: fkf.mpg.de/8625313/2025_0…

On Feb 3-5, we're hosting a workshop on New Perspectives in Solid-State and Materials Research. Topics include energy materials, nanomagnetism, spintronics, and more—plus talks by leading scientists, postdocs, and students. Learn more: fkf.mpg.de/8379131/New-Pe…

A great photo of our institute, Daniel!

A few weeks ago we had our annual ping pong tournament between us and @MPI_IS! 🏓 32 participants, an all-day event, and plenty of enthusiastic viewers made it a blast. Huge thanks to Michael Wied & Jörg Eisfeld for organizing!

Did you know we have a list of all the X accounts of our wonderful scientists and staff here at the institute. Follow it for plenty of solid state updates! If you think your account should (or shouldn't) be on this list, let us know :) x.com/i/lists/123259…

We finished the year by hosting the Winter School 'Tc on the rise - Novel Trends in Superconductivity.' Nearly 100 young scientists met for 15 brilliant lectures covering theory, experiments & applications of superconductivity. ❄️ Read more at: fkf.mpg.de/8610606/2024_1…

For Day 24, the final day of our calendar, we have this wonderful cookie of the MPI logo, created last year by one of our PhD students, @KristinaGjorgj8.

Day 23 of our advent calendar might look like snow at first glance, but actually it's an STM topography, with individual TiH molecules & Fe atoms dancing on top of 2 ML MgO. You can read about this recent work of @AstGroupMPI at: nature.com/articles/s4146…

For Day 22, "Nanogami" is what we call this intriguing structure. Our goal was to create a rigid MOF (Metal-Organic Framework). Instead, we discovered something unexpected: crystals that unfold like a piece of art, resembling the delicate folds of origami. By @esengulciftcii.

Day 21 of our advent calendar one of our favourite images of Christmas tree decorations. Or... perhaps... illustrations of electron surfaces states of topological superconductors!

Day 20 of our advent calendar is a big Christmas tree inside our machine shop! With our modern machinery we manufacture component parts and assemblies based on drawings, models, sketches and samples. Learn more at fkf.mpg.de/417352/80_Mech…

Day 19 of our advent calendar is the snowy sight of our precision lab, which is a worldwide unique building providing a ‘noise-free’ environment for the most sensitive experiments. Learn more about our lab at fkf.mpg.de/2489208/01_Pre…

Does Day 18 of our calendar look more like a cute penguin or a polar bear? What you're looking at here is resonant inelastic x-ray scattering on Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ, from the below article. Thanks to @cc_suen for finding the art inside it! nature.com/articles/s4146…