Workshop on New Trends in Quasi-1D Quantum Materials at Synchrotron SOLEIL! A European workshop dedicated to exploring one-dimensional quantum systems, bringing together theorists and experimentalists. More here : www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/events/ne...

Vincent Baltz, Research Director at SPINTEC (CNRS), delivered a seminar in our amphitheater on altermagnetic materials. Video available here: youtu.be/ws837a3qljU

Our researchersdeveloped a method to measure thin liquid films down to a few nanometers. Combining tailored analysis strategies and an open-source tool, it enables precise, reproducible thinning monitoring. More here : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/measuring...

What is the connection between the Fibonacci chain, a material without periodicity—and the quantum Hall effect in a two-dimensional crystal? This is the question addressed by our theorist Anuradha Jagannathan in a study published in Physical Review B. More here : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/when-quas...

The 2025 LPS Highlights are now available online! You’ll find the awards and distinctions earned by our researchers, notable research projects, and the theses defended by our PhD students this year. Read here : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/lps-2025-...

Discover our new training course "Wetting and Surface Phenomena" for technicians, engineers, and researchers who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills in the fields of surface treatment characterization and physical chemistry. More informations : cnrsformation.cnrs.fr/catalogue/fo...

We warmly congratulate our researcher Odile Stéphan, specialist in electron microscopy and spectroscopy, on her election to the Academy of Sciences. 👏 More information here : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/physicist...

🧬Flexible proteins for assembling viruses: from disorder to symmetry Researchers have explained the mechanism by which identical proteins manage to organize themselves and form the perfectly symmetrical capsids of most viruses. More informations : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/flexible-...

We congratulate Victor Balédent, associate professor at the University of Paris-Saclay and researcher at the Laboratory of Solid-State Physics, for being awarded by the IUF for his project on imaging orbitals in correlated materials. More here : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/victor-ba...

📣 We are pleased to welcome Florian Castioni to the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS / Université Paris-Saclay) as a new permanent CNRS researcher within the Electron Microscopy (STEM) team. 👉 his background here : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/florian-c...

We are recruiting a second-year Master’s intern to join our LUTECE team. The internship is titled “Ultrafast light-induced strains in thin films of the multiferroic material BiFeO₃: X-ray diffraction studies.” For more information: www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/job/stage...

🚀 Université Paris-Saclay is hiring! We are looking for a teacher-researcher specializing in experimental development of quantum matter to join our team in Orsay ! More informations here : www.lps.u-psud.fr/poste/maitre...

⚡🇭 Pour produire de l'hydrogène, des scientifiques du ont réussi à créer un catalyseur sans métaux nobles, inspiré de l'imogolite, un minéral naturel argileux en forme de nanotube, présentant une grande surface pour son volume. ▶ plus d'informations www.inc.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

🎖️A look back in photos at the 2025 Académie des sciences awards ceremony. The LPS congratulates François BOULOGNE and all the awardees of the ceremony, and thanks the Académie des sciences. Pictures by : Mathieu Baumer - Académie des sciences More here : www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Our researcher François Boulogne has been awarded the Ivan Peychès Prize by the French Academy of Sciences for his research on phase transitions in soft matter. More here : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/francois-...

Our researchers have developed a new method to dynamically control the circular polarization of light by self-assembling chiral metallic nanoparticles. This result paves the way for the creation of materials with unprecedented optical properties. More here: www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/shaping-l...

⚛ Des scientifiques, notamment du Laboratoire de physique des solides (CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay) situé à Orsay, ont mis au point des molécules organiques lumineuses qui ouvrent la voie vers des capteurs quantiques plus simples, plus flexibles et plus abordables. ▶ www.inp.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

Our researchers have developed innovative textured surfaces capable of reducing foam friction without the need for any external lubricating agent leading to a friction reduction of up to 30%. More informations : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/reducing-...

💡Controlling electronic components with light! Our researchers have revealed a previously unseen phenomenon: the creation and disappearance of an electron gas simply by shining light on a material made of oxide layers. 👉 More informations : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/towards-l...

👉 The LPS is hiring ! We are looking for a research intern in their second year of a master’s program or third year of an engineering school, specializing in physical chemistry of interfaces, to join our LPS platform in Orsay. 🔗 More informations : www.lps.u-psud.fr/poste/stage-...

🌱 Scientists from LPS has developed a light-emitting organic molecule capable of revealing its quantum spin state through a simple color change — a breakthrough that opens up a new path toward simpler and more affordable quantum sensors. 👉 More informations : www.lps.u-psud.fr/molecules-or...

⭐ In a long-term study conducted on the International Space Station (ISS), our scientists were able to precisely investigate the physico-chemical factors influencing the long-term stability of foams, by eliminating gravity-induced drainage. 👉 More informations : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/why-do-so...

We welcome you this Sunday, October 5th, at the LPS, ISMO, and ICMMO at Université Paris-Saclay for Fête de la Science! 🔬 📍 Location: Buildings 510 & 520 – Université Paris-Saclay 📅 Date: Sunday, October 5th, 2:00–5:30 PM 👉 Full details and program available here: www.lps.u-psud.fr/events/fete-...

📌 Ce poste est à pourvoir au Laboratoire de physique des solides (LPS - CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay), situé à Orsay (91). 📅 La date d’embauche est prévue au 1er novembre 2025 pour un CDD d’une période de 24 mois. @lpsorsay.bsky.social - @orsaynotreville.bsky.social - @cnrsingenierie.bsky.social

Des recherches impliquant le Laboratoire de physique des solides @lpsorsay.bsky.social à Orsay et l'Institut des nanosciences de Paris @insp-lab.bsky.social à partir d'observations et d'expériences menées sur des mousses dans l'ISS⤵️

🎉 Mathieu Kociak (CNRS/LPS Orsay) wins an ERC Advanced Grant 2024 for FreeQCC — a bold project exploring quantum coherence between fast electrons and photons. 🔗 More: www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/erc-advan...

🚪 The exhibition À la limite is now open at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides! 📅 Join the opening on Thursday, May 15 at 3:30 PM (Building 510, Orsay). #ScienceFiction #PlanetaryBoundaries #SustainableFutures #UniversitéParisSaclay #SciComm #Exhibition

🌟 Calling all physicists! 🚀 UPSaclay-STAR-φ is offering 41 postdoc fellowships (24 mo) at Paris-Saclay — amazing labs, freedom to build your project. 🗓️ Apps open May 1st! 💡 Details here: cofund-physics.universite-paris-saclay.fr

✨Exploration de la matière : découverte d’un nouveau quasi-cristal de symétrie 8 par l’équipe du projet Soft-QC au @lpsorsay.bsky.social. Cette découverte ouvre la voie pour des applications innovantes en optique, électronique et science des matériaux. ▶ lejournal.cnrs.fr/nos-blogs/fo...

🔔 Notre-Dame: science at work! Join us April 29 for a seminar with Philippe Dillmann (CNRS) on the restoration of this iconic monument. 📅 1:30 PM | 📍 LPS Orsay, Amph. Blandin #NotreDame #ScienceEtPatrimoine #CNRS #LPSOrsay

🚨 PhD offer – Join LPS to explore the physics of droplets and fibers! CIFRE PhD with Saint-Gobain, between soft matter, capillarity & modeling. 🔗 lnkd.in/eN7d-QRe #PhD #SoftMatter #Physics #CIFRE

🧊 A superconducting state without doping? Yes — in nickelates! Researchers have shown that superconductivity can emerge in thin films of PrNiO₂ without any dopants, thanks to a carefully controlled topotactic reduction. 🔗 More here: lnkd.in/esNYyMEz

At LPS, we are committed to promoting women in science. Watch our physicist Hélène Bouchiat discuss this on Public Sénat: 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-oL... #InternationalWomensDay #WomenInScience #STEM #Equality

🔬Our researchers have developed a technique to track the growth of individual spherical viruses at the molecular scale, in real-time using fluorescence microscopy. More information: www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/visualizi... #Biophysics #Virology #Microscopy #Fluorescence #CNRS #UniversitéParisSaclay

🌞 February 5, 2025 : Albert Polman (AMOLF, Amsterdam) Photonic solutions for improved photovoltaics 🔬 How can nanophotonics revolutionize solar cells? 🌱🔋 📅 www.lps.u-psud.fr/events/alber... #Photovoltaics #Nanophotonics #SustainableEnergy #ResearchInnovation

📢 The LPS is hiring its next director! @univparissaclay.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social 🔗 Apply now by sending your application as a single PDF file to [email protected] 🎯 More details: lnkd.in/esvAg2pd #Hiring #Leadership #ScientificResearch #Physics #UniversitéParisSaclay #CNRS

📢 Every month, the LPS hosts general seminars in its amphitheater! 🔬 The latest seminar by Matteo Gatti on the coupling of excitations and spectroscopies is already available on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zez7... #Physics #Nanoscience #SoftMatter #Seminar #Research #LPSOrsay

🚀 THE LPS IS RECRUITING! We are looking for an Engineer in mechanical studies to join our laboratory and manage its mechanical department. 👉 Position open in internal CNRS competition 📄 More details here: lnkd.in/eivm5hWi #CNRS #recrutement

🪙 Gold nano-tetropods transforming in real-time! LPS researchers observed how tiny gold particles reshape under surface forces: sharp arms quickly flatten, then retract into near-spherical forms. Learn more! : www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/no-need-t... #NanoTechnology #InnovativeResearch #CNRS

#PhD position open at the Laboratory of Solid State Physics in Orsay! "Electron-photon Correlations for Probing Optical Excitations Nanometer-Scale Dynamics" 📍 Details & application: www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/job/elect... #PhDPosition #OpticalPhysics #Nanotechnology #ResearchOpportunity