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A theory team from the MPSD collaborating with researchers in the United States and Switzerland has explained the key mechanism leading to terahertz amplification in the excitonic insulator candidate Ta₂NiSe₅. The work has been published in Nature Communications. more

Fangzhou Zhao from the MPSD’s Theory group has been selected for a Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdocs. He will pursue first-principles calculation methods to investigate the light-matter interaction of 2D materials in optical cavities. more

The MPSD has officially opened its  new state-of-the-art research building in Hamburg. The President of the Max Planck Society, Professor Patrick Cramer, and the Second Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Science Senator Katharina Fegebank, were guests of honor at the opening ceremony.  more