Miscellaneous

We are proud to announce that the CRC/TRR Elasto-Q-Mat was approved for the second funding period. Elasto-Q-Mat is a collaboration of the universities in Frankfurt, Karlsruhe and Mainz and had great scientific success in the topic of new physical phenomena emerging from a particularly strong coupling between a material's elasticity and its electronic quantum phases within the last four years. The DFG will fund our work for four more upcoming years.

We thank all the members of the CRC for their hard work and dedication to this interesting research field.

You can find the press statement from the DFG here.

We are proud to announce that the remarkable discovery of altermagnetism of our group are presented in an article from Science News. The presence of a new magnetic class which might lead to fast eco-friendly electronic devices is reaching further interest in general science. This underlines the impact of our current research and will bring even more interest into the research field.

You can find the article here.

The new exciting topic of altermagnetism is reaching further attention in German media. Recently Deutschlandfunk reported about our work and its representation at the DPG Frühjahrstagung in Berlin. You can find the contribution here.

We are proud to announce that the remarkable discovery of altermagnetism of our group and especially Libor Šmejkal are presented in an article from Science. The presence of a new magnetic class which might lead to fast eco-friendly electronic devices is reaching further interest in general science. This underlines the impact of our current research and will bring even more interest into the research field.

You can find the article here.

We are proud to announce that the remarkable discovery of altermagnetism of our group and especially Libor Šmejkal are presented in an article from The Economist. The presence of a new magnetic class which might lead to fast eco-friendly electronic devices is reaching interest outside of science. This underlines the impact of our current research and will bring even more interest into the research field.

You can find the article here.

Congratulations to Libor Šmejkal for winning the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year 2023 award in physical sciences.

In the Falling Walls science summit the brightest minds in science, politics, business and the media come together to present groundbreaking discoveries and scientific breakthroughs and emerging trends that shape our world. Libor was awarded for his his breakthrough of altermagnets—a discovery that has the potential to revolutionise the way we design and use electronic technology, making it much more efficient and sustainable.