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Laboratory of Solid State Physics (LPS)
Vincent Baltz, Research Director at SPINTEC (CNRS), delivered a seminar in our amphitheater on altermagnetic materials. Video available here: youtu.be/ws837a3qljU
Physicists have shown that incorporating lead iodide into a moiré material enables the emergence of strongly correlated electronic states and near-dissipationless transport, thanks to ballistic channels induced by the moiré pattern.
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LPS featured in the booklet "A Year with CNRS Physique 2025"
This publication highlights the major scientific and institutional milestones of the past year, as well as the research carried out within the institute’s laboratories.
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An international team involving scientists from CNRS Terre & Univers and CNRS Physique (LPS) observed an exceptional blue aurora at mid-latitude, revealing unprecedented conditions of interaction between solar particles and the Earth’s atmosphere.
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Our researchers have revealed a much more disordered and dynamic DNA structure than previous models, using cryo-electron tomography on Drosophila embryo cells. These findings provide new insight into how DNA is organized and regulated within the cell.
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Our researchersdeveloped a method to measure thin liquid films down to a few nanometers. Combining tailored analysis strategies and an open-source tool, it enables precise, reproducible thinning monitoring.
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The Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS) is pleased to announce that Antoine Gallo–Frantz has been awarded the 2026 PhD Thesis Prize by the Physics thematic group of the French Crystallographic Association (AFC).
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The Laboratoire de Physique des Solides warmly congratulates Julien Basset, Associate Professor at Université Paris-Saclay and researcher at LPS, on his appointment as a Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) for the 2026 cohort.
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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 our theorist Anuradha Jagannathan in a study published in Physical Review B.
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Workshop on New Trends in Quasi-1D Quantum Materials at Synchrotron SOLEIL!
A European workshop dedicated to exploring one-dimensional quantum systems, bringing together theorists and experimentalists.
More here : www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/events/ne...
