Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

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Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and Intelligent Systems
Category: research Institute
Carrier: Max Planck Society
Legal form of the carrier: Registered association
Seat of the wearer: Munich
Facility location: Stuttgart
Type of research: Basic research
Subjects: Natural sciences
Areas of expertise: Solid state chemistry , solid state physics , interdisciplinary
Basic funding: Federal government (50%), states (50%)
Management: Hidenori Takagi (Managing Director)
Employee: approx. 430
Homepage: www.fkf.mpg.de

The Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (MPI-FKF), founded in 1969, is a non-university research institution sponsored by the Max Planck Society (MPG) and is located together with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS , until March 2011 MPI for Metals Research), in Stuttgart-Büsnau. The institute was founded in 1969 on the recommendation of the Science Council . Ludwig Genzel was the founding director .

Research priorities

The Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (MPI-FKF) focuses on researching the chemical and physical properties of solids . Research focuses on complex materials as well as physics and chemistry on the nanometer length scale. Transport processes of electrons and ions are of particular interest in both areas.

Departments

The Theory Department Electronic Structure Theory (Ali Alavi) deals with the development of ab initio methods for application to correlated electron systems.

In the Solid State Spectroscopy department (Bernhard Keimer), the structure and dynamics of highly correlated electronic materials are investigated using spectroscopic techniques and scattering methods. Of particular interest is the interaction between charge, orbital and spin degrees of freedom in transition metal oxides as well as the mechanism of high temperature superconductivity.

Nanosciences and nanotechnology are the central research topics of the Nanosciences department (Klaus Kern) with the "bottom-up" paradigm as the guiding principle. The aim of interdisciplinary research at the interface between physics, chemistry and biology is the understanding and control of matter at the atomic and molecular level.

In the Nanochemistry Department (Bettina Lotsch), modern nanochemistry processes are combined with classical methods of solid-state synthesis in order to develop new materials with diverse property profiles, including two-dimensional systems and their heterostructures, highly porous materials and solid electrolytes for applications in (photo) catalysis, Sensors, and in solid-state batteries. The focus is on the development of sustainable material solutions for energy conversion and storage, guided by the findings of basic research.

The Department of Physical Solid State Chemistry (Joachim Maier) deals with the physical chemistry of the solid, in particular with chemical thermodynamics, transport properties and chemical kinetics. The main concern is ion conduction and defect chemistry.

Heterostructures of transition metal oxides or related complex materials open up possibilities for realizing new types of electron systems. Due to fundamental quantum mechanical effects, these systems can have properties that are otherwise not found in nature. The conception, growth and research of such electron systems are the focus of the work of the Solid State Quantum Electronics department (Jochen Mannhart).

In the Quantum Many-Particle Systems department (Walter Metzner), the electronic properties of solids are calculated. The focus of interest are those systems in which electronic correlations play an essential role, such as cuprates , manganates and other transition metal oxides. Correlations can cause magnetism, orbital or charge order, and superconductivity.

Quantum mechanical correlations in solids, together with the special properties of the crystal structures, lead to a variety of new electronic phases with unusual properties. In the Quantum Materials Department (Hidenori Takagi), these new phases are examined in particular in transition metal oxides and comparable compounds.

Scientific members

Research groups

A total of 13 research groups have been set up at the institute since 2005:

  • Organic electronics (Hagen Klauk, since 2005)
  • Ultra-fast nano-optics (Markus Lippitz, junior professorship at the University of Stuttgart, 2006–2014)
  • Theory of semiconductor nanostructures (Gabriel Bester, 2007–2014)
  • Tunnel spectroscopy on strongly correlated electron systems (Peter Wahl, 2009–2014)
  • Computational methods for superconductivity (Lilia Boeri, 2009–2013)
  • Solid-State Nanophysics (Jurgen Smet, since 2011)
  • Nanochemistry (Bettina Lotsch, 2011–2016)
  • Dynamics of nanoelectronic systems (Sebastian Loth, collaboration with the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, 2011–2018)
  • Nanoscale functional heterostructures (Ionela Vrejoiu, 2012–2015)
  • X-ray spectroscopy on oxide heterostructures (Eva Benckiser, since 2014)
  • Ultrafast solid-state spectroscopy (Stefan Kaiser, junior professorship at the University of Stuttgart, since 2014)
  • Electronic structure of correlated materials (Philipp Hansmann, 2015-2018)
  • Computational quantum chemistry for solids (Andreas Grüneis, 2015-2018)

International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)

The institute has been running the "International Max Planck Research School for Condensed Matter Science" (IMPRS-CMS) together with the University of Stuttgart since 2014. The speaker is Bernhard Keimer. The IMPRS-CMS follows the "IMPRS for Advanced Materials", which was operated from 2001 to 2013 together with the University of Stuttgart and the MPI for Intelligent Systems.

Max Planck Center (Center with the MPI-FKF)

The Max Planck-EPFL Center for Molecular Nanoscience and Technology is a research cooperation between scientists from the Max Planck Society (MPG) and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) who are researching new materials and their properties in the border area between nano- and biotechnology can be determined by their nanostructure.

The Max Planck-POSTECH / Hsinchu Center for Complex Phase Materials is to design physical models for the correlation behavior of electrons in complex materials and phase transitions. In addition to the Pohang University of Natural Sciences and Technology (POSTECH), the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids and various research institutions in Taiwan are also involved .

The Max Planck-UBC-UTokyo Center for Quantum Materials offers a forum for interdisciplinary collaboration between physicists, chemists and materials scientists in the Max Planck Society at the University of British Columbia and the University of Tokyo in the field of quantum phenomena in complex materials.

Emeritus Scientific Members

Infrastructure

At the end of 2014, a total of around 430 employees were working at the institute, including around 110 scientists, 90 doctoral students and 70 visiting scientists.

literature

  • Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (CPTS) , in: Eckart Henning , Marion Kazemi : Handbook on the history of the institute of the Kaiser Wilhelm / Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science 1911–2011 - Data and sources , Berlin 2016, 2 volumes, volume 1: Institutes and research centers A – L ( online, PDF, 75 MB ) Pages 504–522 (chronology of the institute)

Web links

Commons : Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eckart Henning, Marion Kazemi: Chronicle of the Kaiser Wilhelm / Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science 1911–2011, Berlin 2011, page 465
  2. ↑ departments. Retrieved September 1, 2015 .
  3. ↑ research groups. Retrieved September 1, 2015 .
  4. ↑ On the trail of exotic quantum effects. In: Max Planck Society. Max Planck-POSTECH / Hsinchu Center for Complex Phase Materials. Retrieved December 7, 2018 .

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