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Welcome to the MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

The MPSD investigates dynamical phenomena in matter down to the elementary timescales of atomic and electronic motions.
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Andrea Cavalleri to be awarded the Stern-Gerlach Medal

The founding director of the MPSD will receive the prestigious prize in recognition of his “pioneering work in light-based control of quantum materials, with which he made groundbreaking contributions to controlling emergent phenomena in solid-state physics”.
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Ultrashort laser flashes

Light, lenses, mirrors: Researchers use laser pulses to probe the dynamic behavior of atoms and electrons.

Scientific Departments

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Condensed Matter Dynamics

Andrea Cavalleri
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Microstructured Quantum Matter

Philip Moll
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Nanoscale Quantum Materials - Optics

Jie Shan
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Nanoscale Quantum Materials - Transport

Kin Fai Mak
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Theory

Angel Rubio

Scientific Press Releases

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Scientific Talks

Events

Mohammad Musavinezhad

Nanothermometry at the molecular level in nanoprinted crystals
May 19, 2026 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPSD Bldg. 900, Room: Seminar Room EG.136

Peter Hommelhoff

Lightwave Control of Electrons in Graphene and in the Floquet Topological Insulating State
May 20, 2026 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPSD Bldg. 900, Room: Seminar Room EG.136
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Institute News

Humboldt-Fellowship for Dongsung Choi

April 30, 2026

Dongsung Choi, a postdoctoral researcher in the Quantum Condensed Matter Dynamics group led by ...

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