Organisation: Department of Physics and Materials Science

  • Research Groups

    Laboratory for Energy Materials (LEM)

    Our interest lies in making and testing complex materials necessary for energy conversion and storage using innovative methods.

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  • Research Groups

    Integrative Biophysics

    We are combining concepts from physics and bioinformatics with experimental approaches to identify underlying mechanisms of life across the biological scales.

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  • Research Groups

    Experimental Soft Matter Physics

    We study the spontaneous appearance of order in liquid crystals, polymers, colloids and their combinations, giving rise to unique and peculiar behaviours.

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  • Research Groups

    Complex Systems and Statistical Mechanics (CSSM)

    Thermodynamics and statistical physics have been mostly used to study systems close to equilibrium. We are interesting in far from equilibrium phenomena.

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  • News

    The luminous energy of the Void

    Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko of the University of Luxembourg addresses one of the greatest mysteries in physics: dark energy.

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  • Study Programmes

    Master in Physics

    Our Master in Physics provides students with a solid, broad education in theoretical and experimental physics and materials science with a strong emphasis on learning by research.

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  • Study Programmes

    German-French-Luxembourgish Master in Physics

    This master is offered by the Universities of Luxembourg, Lorraine, Saarbrücken, and Grenoble. Students acquire a solid, broad, and multilingual education in physics and graduate with a double diploma.

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    German-French-Luxembourgish Bachelor in Physics

    This Bachelor is jointly offered by the Universities of Luxembourg, Lorraine and Saarbrücken. Students explore the main areas of physics in a multicultural and multilingual context.

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  • Events

    Physics Seminar: Hopfions in Condensed Matter: Anisotropic Heisenberg Magnets

    Nontrivial topological defects such as knotted solitons called hopfions have been observed in a variety of materials including chiral magnets, nematic liquid crystals and even in ferroelectrics as well as studied in other physical contexts such as Bose-Einstein condensates.

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    Biophysics Seminar: New opportunities in translational research: from novel devices to applications

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