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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
🎖️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 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
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
👉 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
🎉 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
🔔 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
🔬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
📢 The LPS is hiring its next director! @univparissaclay.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social

🔗 Apply now by sending your application as a single PDF file to inp.das1c@cnrs.fr

🎯 More details: lnkd.in/esvAg2pd

#Hiring #Leadership #ScientificResearch #Physics #UniversitéParisSaclay #CNRS
January 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🚀 THE LPS IS RECRUITING!
We are looking for an Engineer in mechanical studies to join our laboratory and manage its mechanical department.
👉 Position open in internal CNRS competition
📄 More details here: lnkd.in/eivm5hWi
#CNRS #recrutement
January 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#PhD position open at the Laboratory of Solid State Physics in Orsay!

"Electron-photon Correlations for Probing Optical Excitations Nanometer-Scale Dynamics"

📍 Details & application: www.lps.u-psud.fr/en/job/elect...

#PhDPosition #OpticalPhysics #Nanotechnology #ResearchOpportunity
January 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM