The PSI Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments focusses on designing novel functional materials in poly- and single crystalline form, as thin films and as multilayers.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
A New Quantum Landscape: Coexisting High-Tc Superconductivity, Magnetism, and Complex Charge Order in LaRu3Si2.
Despite intense research on kagome superconductors, many fundamental questions remain—especially regarding the unconventional nature of their charge order and superconducting phases. These materials are rich in complexity, and to truly unravel their behavior, a broad and integrated approach is essential. In our study ...
Pressure effect on the spin density wave transition in La2PrNi2O6.96
High-pressure studies reveal a stark contrast between the superconducting properties of double-layer Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) nickelates La2PrNi2O7 and La3Ni2O7. While La2PrNi2O7 exhibits bulk superconductivity, La3Ni2O7 displays filamentary behavior, suggesting that superconductivity is confined to phase interfaces rather than the bulk. Since magnetism emerges ...
E-MRS 2025 Spring Meeting Young Researcher Award for Mohammadhossein Montazerian
During its recent spring meeting the European Materials Research Society has awarded the E-MRS Young Researcher Award to Mohammadhossein Montazerian from the LMX laboratory in recognition of his "Outstanding contribution to the Symposium L: Solid state batteries - materials, processing and advanced characterization".
Fun Facts about Magnetism
The video is from the Visitor Centre psi forum of the Paul Scherrer Institute, where a cartoon avatar of Rhea Stewart, who was a Postdoc in Mesoscopic Systems, explains about our research to science enthusiasts.
Upcoming Seminars
Information to visitors: The seminars of the group are open to members of PSI and Project Partners, while the group meeting following the seminar is for group members only.
Recent publications
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Ma KY, Plokhikh I, Graham JN, Mielke III C, Sazgari V, Nakamura H, et al.
Correlation between the dome-shaped superconducting phase diagram, charge order, and normal-state electronic properties in LaRu3Si2
Nature Communications. 2025; 16(1): 6149 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61383-z
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Ferrari E, Ueda H, Fainozzi D, Osaka T, Bencivenga F, Burian M, et al.
All hard X-ray transient grating spectroscopy
Communications Physics. 2025; 8: 257 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-025-02178-y
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Graham JN, Yuchi K, Sazgari V, Doll A, Mielke C, Král P, et al.
Tailoring the normal and superconducting state properties of ternary scandium tellurides, Sc6MTe2 (M = Fe, Ru, and Ir) through chemical substitution
Advanced Functional Materials. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202505517
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Khasanov R, Plokhikh I, Hicken TJ, Luetkens H, Gawryluk DJ, Guguchia Z
Pressure effect on the spin density wave transition in La2PrNi2O6.96
Physical Review Research. 2025; 7(2): L022046 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.L022046
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