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MISSION

Welcome to the new IPMC
Institut de Physique de la Matière Condensée - Institute of Condensed Matter Physics

The wish to develop new synergies in our activities in condensed matter and nanoscience within a single institute has led to a merger between the Institut de Physique de la Matière Complexe (IPMC) with the Institut de Physique des Nanostructures (IPN) which is termed "Institut de Physique de la Matière Condensée" (IPMC), Institute of Condensed Matter Physics.

This new institute focuses on innovative research programs ranging from novel electronic materials including superconductors, to granular materials and composites, to biomaterials, to molecular materials, and down to nanostructures with well defined size, shape and composition. New properties emerging from their reduced dimensions are studied and strongly correlated electron systems are investigated. Of particular interest are electronic structure, magnetism, electronic transport, electron emission, and optical properties. By developing new experimental techniques, our quest for a quantitative understanding of fundamental processes and new effects in condensed matter down to the atomic level will be pursued.

LABORATORIES

Nanostructured Materials
LNNME - László Forró

Electronically Advanced Materials
CREAM - Davor Pavuna

Electronic Spectroscopy
LSE - Marco Grioni

Nanostructures at Surfaces
LNS - Harald Brune

Nanostructured Materials
LPMN - Jean-Philippe Ansermet

Quantum Magnetism
LQM - Henrik Ronnow

Electron Spectrometry and Microscopy
LSME - Cécile Hébert

Clusters on Surfaces
GPAS - Wolfgang Harbich

Nanoscale Science
LSEN - Klaus Kern

Physics at Surfaces
LPS - Wolf-Dieter Schneider

Synchrotron and Neutron Spectroscopy
LSNS - Joël Mésot

Mechanical Spectroscopy
GSM - Gérard Gremaud & Robert Schaller

NEWS - EVENTS

General Physics Colloquia - see programme here

International Conference - including Biophysics Summer School: From Physics to Life Sciences

Hotel 'Croatia', Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 12-19, 2010.

Following the success of our first four conferences in this series, the 5^th conference will continue the cross-disciplinary approach toward the emerging understanding of the living matter, which given its enormous complexity may require some of the techniques and approaches elaborated in solid state physics or contemporary bio-sciences. The interdisciplinary discussion of carefully selected leading experts in solid state, soft-matter and bio-sciences will take place in a relaxed yet rigorous, stimulating setting.

IPMC Seminar: Controlled single atom and single molecule contacts

Friday 20th of November, 10:00am, Place: PH H3 33

Prof. Richard Berndt, University of Kiel, D

IPMC Seminar: Real and k-space cartography of iron pnictide supercondctors

Friday 16th of October, 10:00am, Place: PH H3 33

Prof. Mark S. Golden, Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, NL

International Conference: Nanostructures at Surfaces

Monte Verità Conference Center, Ascona, Switzerland, September 20 - 25, 2009.

The conference will focus on novel atomic and molecular scale spectroscopy techniques revealing the electronic, magnetic, mechanical, and chemical properties of nanostructures at surfaces. For their investigation, the most advanced local probe techniques, such as scanning tunneling microscopy, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and spectroscopy, and optical spectroscopy at the sub-nanometer scale will be presented and discussed.

ADMINISTRATION

Director

Prof. Wolf-Dieter Schneider
Ph. +41 21 69 30444
Cubotron, BSP 421

Secretary

* Florence Choulat
Ph. +41 21 69 33320
Fax +41 21 69 33603
PH A1 412

* Evelyn Ludi
Ph. +41 21 69 33374
Fax +41 21 69 34470
PH D2 445

* Chantal Roulin
Ph. +41 21 69 30302
Fax +41 21 69 33603
PH A1 412

* Caroline Pletscher
Ph. +41 21 69 33375
Fax +41 21 69 34470
PH D2 435

Postal Address
Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne
EPFL SB IPMC IPMC-GE
Bâtiment PH, station 3
CH-1015 Lausanne