Organisation: Department of Physics and Materials Science
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Research Groups
Laboratory for Energy Materials (LEM)
Learn moreOur 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
Learn moreWe 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
Learn moreWe 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)
Learn moreThermodynamics 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
Learn moreProf. 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
Learn moreOur 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
Learn moreThis 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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Study Programmes
German-French-Luxembourgish Bachelor in Physics
Learn moreThis 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
Learn moreNontrivial 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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Events
Biophysics Seminar: New opportunities in translational research: from novel devices to applications
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