The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (MPI CPfS) in Dresden conducts research with the aim of discovering and understanding new materials with unusual properties.
Chemists and physicists, syntheticians, experimenters and theorists work together to investigate how the chemical composition, the arrangement of atoms and external forces affect the magnetic, electronic and chemical properties of compounds. They use the most modern instruments and methods for this purpose.
New quantum materials, effects and materials for energy conversion are the result of this interdisciplinary collaboration.
The MPI CPfS (www.cpfs.mpg.de) is part of the Max Planck Society and was founded in Dresden in 1995. It employs about 280 people, of which about 180 are scientists, including 70 PhD students.
Our mission: The core scientific goal of MPI-CPfS is to work at the forefront of modern solid state chemistry and physics. Particular emphasis is placed on the boundary between the two fields. Major open questions studied include understanding the interplay of topology and symmetry in modern materials, maximising the level of control in material synthesis, understanding the nature of the chemical bond in intermetallic compounds and studying giant response functions at the borderline of standard metallic and superconducting behaviour. This fundamental research lays the foundations for future work on applications.
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