When Electrons Sing in Harmony — and Sense the Shape of Their Home

Hamburg researchers observe shape-sensitive quantum coherence in star-shaped Kagome structures

03-Nov-2025 - Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg have discovered a striking new form of quantum behavior. In star-shaped Kagome crystals—named after a traditional Japanese bamboo-basket woven pattern—electrons that usually act like a noisy crowd ...

Physicists find strange state of matter in superconducting crystal

24-Aug-2017 - New research published this week shows a rare state of matter in which electrons in a superconducting crystal organize collectively. The findings lay the groundwork for answering one of the most compelling questions in physics: How do correlated electron systems work, and are they related to one ...

Scientists shine new light on the “other high temperature superconductor”

15-Aug-2017 - A study led by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science in Hamburg presents evidence of the coexistence of superconductivity and “charge-density-waves” in compounds of the poorly-studied family of ...