Imaging of Matter
Philip Moll honored with APS Fellowship
9 October 2024
Photo: MPSD
MPSD Director Philip Moll has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). In its citation, the Society highlights his achievements in the field of microstructured quantum matter, in particular the “elucidation of three-dimensional electronic transport on the micron-scale in quantum materials by creatively applying focused ion beams to precisely shape samples, thereby revealing previously inaccessible physics.“
"I am truly moved by the recognition of my department’s work in pushing the size and scale boundaries of quantum materials,” says Philip Moll, who is a professor at the University of Hamburg and a researcher in the Cluster of Excellence "CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter". “This is just the beginning of an exciting journey, and I feel incredibly fortunate to explore it alongside such a talented and dedicated team."
Moll established the Department for Microstructured Quantum Matter at the MPSD in 2021. Its researchers investigate the electronic and magnetic properties of a wide range of solids by producing micro- and nanostructures of these complex compound materials. State-of-the-art Focused Ion Beam technology permits crystalline circuits to be carved out of these particles with nanometric precision. Their electronic responses are then probed by charge transport experiments, at cryogenic temperatures close to absolute zero and in high magnetic fields up to 20 Tesla. Text: MPSD, ed.