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
Renommierte Förderung für Spin-Quanten-Kombination
Aus zwei mach eins: Giacomo Sala verbindet am PSI zwei getrennte Physikwelten – die etablierte Spintronik und die junge Quantengeometrie. Der ERC fördert sein hochinnovatives Projekt mit rund 2,2 Millionen CHF. Es könnte den Weg zu effizienteren Datenspeichern ebnen.
Giacomo Sala wins SPS Award in Condensed Matter Physics
Giacomo Sala wins the SPS Award 2026 in Condensed Matter Physics.
Stéphane Nilsson awarded Best Talk Prize
Stéphane Nilsson wins Best Talk award at the Grenoble Workshop on Nanomagnetism
& Scientific Highlights
Noncollinear kagome magnet driven by giant antisymmetric exchange
Kagome lattices host exotic phenomena such as quantum spin liquids, topological Weyl nodes, and flat bands. The kagome ferromagnet Co3Sn2S2 has been a focus of debate due to conflicting reports on its magnetic character. Here, using weakly perturbative probes ...
Enhanced Spin-Reorientation Transition and Polarization in DyFeO3 Thin Films
Materials with a kagome lattice host exotic quantum phenomena driven by the interplay between band topology, spin–orbit coupling, magnetism, and electronic correlations. While the magnetism of kagome materials ...
Unconventional Superconductivity in ScIr2 Chiral Crystal With a Kagome Lattice
Materials with a kagome lattice host exotic quantum phenomena driven by the interplay between band topology, spin–orbit coupling, magnetism, and electronic correlations. While the magnetism of kagome materials ...
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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Thaman HL, Li M, Rose JA, Narasimhan S, Xu X, Yeh CN, et al.
Two-stage growth of solid electrolyte interphase on copper: imaging and quantification by Operando atomic force microscopy
ACS Nano. 2025; 19(12): 11949-11960. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c16418
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Riordan E, Ciomaga Hatnean M, Balakrishnan G, Lefmann K, Ollivier J, Raymond S, et al.
Inelastic neutron scattering study of the magnetic field dependence of the quantum dipolar garnet Yb3Ga5O12
Physical Review B. 2025; 111(21): 214419 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/r5md-t5z7
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Liu Y, Balakrishnan G, Ciomaga Hatnean M, Xiao P, Chen Y
Anisotropic fracture in gadolinium zirconate single crystal: micromechanical testing and modelling
Acta Materialia. 2025; 289: 120944 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.120944
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Scagnoli V, Skjærvø SH, Massey JR, Sendetskyi O, Leo N, Mazzoli C, et al.
Stretched exponential magnetic relaxation dynamics in artificial square ice revealed through x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy
Physical Review B. 2025; 112(18): 184407 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/jyf8-4g92
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