Current events

Quantum materials host emergent phenomena such as superconductivity, magnetism, and topological states driven by strong electronic interactions. High pressure provides a powerful and disorder-free tool to tune their structural, electronic, and magnetic properties. In this talk, I will present recent advances in the study of quantum materials under extreme conditions, focusing on our investigations of transition metal dichalcogenides, intermetallic compounds, and unconventional superconductors. The results reveal pressure-induced quantum phase transitions and hidden states of matter, offering new insights into the fundamental mechanisms governing correlated electron systems.

Every second week on Friday, we welcome a chat with a cup of coffee outside the control room. Meet the user coordination team, relax with your beamline scientist, inspire and be inspired by our accelerator scientists, recharge your caffeine levels for the final stretch of the week.

On 28 August from 2 pm, we will be opening our site in Wannsee free of charge to all visitors. You can look forward to fascinating insights into our research, ideas and the people behind them, as well as a varied programme featuring exciting guided tours, informative talks and numerous hands-on and information stands. A wide range of food and drink will be available to keep you refreshed. From 6 pm, we’ll round off the summer’s day together with you, enjoying music in a relaxed atmosphere amidst the greenery.

We look forward to seeing you there!

28 August from 2 pm to 8 pm

Address: Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin

Please bring the original of a valid identity document with you when you arrive. Further details about the programme will follow shortly.

We warmly invite users who would like to help us design the signature instruments for BESSY III.

Information, call for abstracts etc: https://events.hifis.net/event/3728/

It is our pleasure to invite you to Berlin for the 7th International Sodium Battery Symposium, SBS-7.

In recent years, we have witnessed rapidly growing global interest in sodium batteries, driven by their increasing adoption in electric vehicles, power tools, and stationary energy storage systems.

It is therefore our great pleasure to invite you to Berlin for the 7th International Sodium Battery Symposium (SBS-7). Alternating biennially with our colleagues from IKTS in Dresden, the Sodium Battery Symposium has become a key meeting point for researchers and industry leaders in this field.

From macroscopic materials down to individual macromolecules, modern infrared (IR) spectroscopy now spans vast spatial scales. Given the immense scope and recent breakthroughs in near-field nano-IR we are pleased to announce a workshop focused exclusively on the current capabilities of modern IR spectroscopy. Organized in collaboration with HU the workshop will take place as a "satellite" meeting of the annual meeting "Make and Measure: Interfaces 2026" making it easy to attend both of these closely related events within a single week.

By bringing together experts across multi-scale dimensions, we aim to bridge the gap between macroscopic material analysis and nano-scale breakthroughs, promoting the application of the modern IR techniques by the scientific community.

With the series of annual user meetings, we bring together our user community to intensify scientific exchange and stimulating new collaborations. The meetings will provide an overview of the many exciting and inspiring research results obtained at our facility in the past year and will emphasize on future developments in particular on BESSY III. Plenary talks, discussions, a public lecture, the market place of innovation and a poster session will provide vast possibilities of information and discussion. The bestowals of the 'Prizes for Young Scientists' donated by the Freundeskreis Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin e.V. (FHZB) are traditional highlights of the user meetings.