Organisation: Department of Physics and Materials Science

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    Liquid Crystals and Nanomaterials

    Liquid crystals with and by particles. Phases, organization & defects, dynamics under pressure, electric and magnetic fields.

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    Ultrafast Condensed Matter Physics

    We develop novel ultrashort laser pulses and we use them to investigate the fastest processes that determine the properties of matter

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    Theory of mesoscopic quantum systems

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    Theory and Simulation of Functional Materials

    We use various theoretical and simulation methods to study (discover) materials properties, focusing on functional oxides like ferroelectrics and mlutiferroics.

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    Theoretical Solid State Physics

    With the equations of quantum mechanics, implemented in modern computer codes, we calculate the physical properties of materials and predict new structures.

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    Theoretical Chemical Physics

    Bridging quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and machine learning to enable the modeling of systems at the intersection of physics, chemistry and biology

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    Surface & Interface Physics

    We use scanning probe and photo-electron spectroscopy methods to study the fundamental properties of surface and interfaces in solar cell and 2D materials.

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    Quantum Information Science and Technology

    QIT group research combines theoretical quantum physics, information theory, nonequilibrium pheneomena and their control.

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    Quantum dynamics and control

    We are a theoretical group studying quantum open systems and non-hermitian dynamics, applied to many-body chaotic systems and to developing models for experiment

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    Physics of active matter

    We aim at exploring the thermodynamics of nonequilibrium systems whose constituents consume energy to sustained dynamical patterns.

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