Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society is proud to announce that Dr. Parrydeep Kaur Sachdeva has been awarded the esteemed Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship. Dr. Sachdeva, who began her postdoctoral research at the Fritz Haber Institute in February 2024, will continue working in the NOMAD Laboratory group of Prof. Dr. Matthias Scheffler at the Molecular Physics department. more

An international collaboration, including researchers from the Molecular Physics Department of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, reveals the formation of neutral sulfur atoms during the decay of sulfur hexafluoride (SF₆) under high-energy X-ray exposure. This study, utilizing advanced synchrotron-radiation techniques, provides new insights into the complex interactions of X-rays with matter, essential for scientific and technological advancements. more

Dr. Bernd Winter, Group Leader in the Molecular Physics Department at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, has been awarded the Synchrotron-Radiation Innovation Award. This honor recognizes his groundbreaking contributions to the advancement of liquid-jet photoelectron spectroscopy. more

An important milestone has been achieved by Dr. Giacomo Valtolina and his team at the Molecular Physics department of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society: the creation of the first Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) of dysprosium atoms in Berlin. more

A team of researchers at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute/Hamad Bin Khalifa University, the synchrotrons PETRA III in Hamburg and SOLEIL in Gif-sur-Yvette (France), the Sorbonne University in Paris, the ETH Zurich, and the PSI Center for Energy and Environmental Science (Switzerland) have made a groundbreaking discovery in understanding how air pollution forms at the molecular level. Their investigation, published in the journal Nature Communications, sheds light on the complex chemical processes occurring at the boundary between liquid, in particular aqueous solutions, and vapor in our atmosphere. more

Scientists from the Fritz Haber Institute, Sorbonne University, and Uppsala University have made a groundbreaking discovery that can help to improve our understanding of the behavior of ions in solutions. Their paper, titled „The solvation shell probed by resonant intermolecular Coulombic decay," has been published in the journal Nature Communications. more

In a study titled „Near-complete chiral selection in rotational quantum states" published in Nature Communications, the Controlled Molecules Group from the Molecular Physics Department of the Fritz Haber Institute has made a significant leap forward in the field of chiral molecules. The team, led by Dr. Sandra Eibenberger-Arias, achieved near-complete separation in quantum states for these essential components of life. more

In a significant recognition of his contributions to the field of molecular physics, Prof. Dr. Gerard Meijer, Director of the Department for Molecular Physics at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, has been honored with the 2024 MOLEC Senior Scientist Award. more

A groundbreaking study involving the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin, the University of Kassel, the University of Heidelberg, and Uppsala University has unveiled the mechanisms by which X-rays cause damage in liquids. Published in Nature Communications, these findings could lead to safer radiotherapy and X-ray examinations. more

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society presents an in-depth analysis of how ATP (adenosine triphosphate) in aqueous solutions interacts with magnesium ions. Conducted by researchers from the Department of Molecular Physics at the Fritz Haber Institute, in collaboration with the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Southern California, the paper titled "How Does Mg²⁺_(aq) Interact with ATP_(aq)? Biomolecular Structure through the Lens of Liquid-Jet Photoemission Spectroscopy" introduces Liquid-Jet Photoemission Spectroscopy (LJ-PES) as a method for probing the electronic structure of this biomolecule in a complex aqueous-solution environment. more