Prof. Karsten Reuter, has been named an honorary fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society for his contributions to catalysis and international collaborations.  more

In honor of Prof. Gerhard Ertl, Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate in 2007, the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society and the three Berlin universities (FU, HU and TU Berlin) annually bestow the Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award. This year, Dutch chemist Prof. Marc Koper is being honored for his achievements in the fields of electrochemistry and catalysis. more

To promote new scientific collaborations in the field of computational materials science, representatives of the CAMMS Center for Computational Molecular and Material Science at Tel Aviv University visited the Theory Department at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (FHI). The meeting marks the start of the exchange program, supported by the Max Planck Israel Programme.  more

An international team of researchers from the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) directly observed how angular momentum is transferred and conserved within a crystal lattice. Using intense terahertz laser pulses, the researchers were able to selectively control these processes, which unveiled a surprising effect: during the angular momentum transfer, the direction of rotation reverses – caused by the rotational symmetry of the material. The results provide new insights into the foundation of magnetism and open up possibilities for tailored control of quantum materials. more

In recognition of their scientific work, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is supporting four young researchers of the Fritz Haber Institute with a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs: Dr. Alexander Gorfer from the Theory Department, Dr. Roey Ben David and Dr. Young Jae Kim from the Interface Science Department, and Dr. Sejun An from the Molecular Physics Department. more

As a member of the jury, Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya, Director of the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute, presented this year’s Eduard Rhein Foundation Culture Award to the Swiss psychiatrist, explorer and environmental pioneer Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Bertrand Piccard. more

Researchers from the Department of Physical Chemistry at the Fritz Haber Institute and Freie Universität Berlin have revealed the arrangement of water molecules at the interface between liquid water and air. Their findings help to better understand interfacial chemistry, which is largely determined by the specific arrangement of the water molecules. The study shows that one parameter in particular - one that has been neglected until now - is of fundamental importance: the water twist. more