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Laboratory of Solid State Physics (LPS)
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A joint research unit of the Université Paris-Saclay and the CNRS in Orsay #solidstate #physics
📣 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...
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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...
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚀 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...
Maître de conférences en Section 28 : Milieux denses et matériaux – Laboratoire de physique des Solides
CAMPAGNE D’EMPLOIS ENSEIGNANTS-CHERCHEURS 2026 a l’UNIVERSITÉ PARIS-SACLAY
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November 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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⚡🇭 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/...
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🎖️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/...
October 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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-...
François Boulogne awarded Ivan Peychès Prize from the French Academy of Sciences – Laboratoire de physique des Solides
👏 The LPS warmly congratulates François for this well-deserved scientific recognition!
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October 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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...
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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⚛ 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/...
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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-...
October 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
💡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...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
👉 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-...
October 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🌱 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...
October 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
⭐ 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...
October 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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-...
September 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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📌 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.

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September 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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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⤵️
September 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
🎉 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...
June 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🚪 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
May 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🌟 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
May 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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✨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.

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April 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🔔 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
April 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🚨 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
April 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🧊 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
April 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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
Femmes et sciences : comment percer le plafond de verre ?
YouTube video by Public Sénat
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March 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🔬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 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM