Laboratory for Multiscale materials eXperiments (LMX)

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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.

Shang et al

Discovery of Nodal-Line Superconductivity in Chiral Crystals

Chiral crystals, whose key feature is the structural handedness, host exotic quantum phenomena driven by the interplay of band topology, spin-orbit coupling (SOC), and electronic correlations. Due to the limited availability of suitable chiral-crystal materials, their unconventional superconductivity (SC) remains largely unexplored. 

Here, the discovery ... 

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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 ...

Khasanov et al

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 La2⁢PrNi2⁢O7 and La3⁢Ni2⁢O7. While La2⁢PrNi2⁢O7 exhibits bulk superconductivity, La3⁢Ni2⁢O7 displays filamentary behavior, suggesting that superconductivity is confined to phase interfaces rather than the bulk. Since magnetism emerges ...


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.

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.

  • Parchenko S, Hofhuis K, Larsson AÅ, Kapaklis V, Scagnoli V, Heyderman LJ, et al.
    Plasmon‐enhanced optical control of magnetism at the nanoscale via the inverse Faraday effect
    Advanced Photonics Research. 2025; 6(1): 2400083 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202400083
    DORA PSI
  • Shang T, Zhao J, Hu LH, Wu W, Xia K, Ajeesh MO, et al.
    Discovery of nodal-line superconductivity in chiral crystals
    Advanced Materials. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202511385
    DORA PSI
  • Rameshbabu S, Pergolesi D, Müller A, Vockenhuber C, Lippert T, Bleiner D
    Epitaxial and stoichiometric La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 thin films with a mobile pulsed laser deposition system
    Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing. 2025; 131(9): 667 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-025-08817-z
    DORA PSI
  • Mielke C, Sazgari V, Plokhikh I, Yi M, Shin S, Nakamura H, et al.
    Coexisting multiple charge orders and magnetism in the kagome superconductor LaRu3Si2
    Advanced Materials. 2025: 2503065 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202503065
    DORA PSI

Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments (LMX)
Paul Scherrer Institut PSI
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland