Originally called the Division of Solid State Physics (DSSP), the unit was formed in 1947, the third society division. (The Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics was established in 1943, and the Division of High Polymer Physics was formed in 1944.) In 1978 the DSSP was renamed the Division of Condensed Matter Physics to recognize that disciplines covered in the division included liquids (quantum fluids) as well as solids. Today the DCMP is the largest of all APS divisions.
Condensed Matter Physics concentrates on such topics as superconductivity, semi-conductors, magnetism, complex fluids, and thin films. A broad range of physical problems, both applied and basic, are investigated.
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The DCMP Winter 2019 Newsletter has been posted.
March Meeting 2020 Invited Symposium Nominations
Nominations for DCMP sponsored symposia will open on July 1, 2019. The deadline for nominations is August 23, 2019.
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Congratulations to Our Newest APS Fellows
Congratulations to New Prize & Award Recipients
2020 Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
Klaas Bergmann, Technische Universitat Kaiserslautern
2020 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Physics
Robert W. Boyd, University of Ottawa, University of Rochester
Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue University
2020 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2020 Richard L. Greene Dissertation Award in Experimental Condensed Matter or Materials Physics
Hsiang-Hsi Kung, University of British Columbia
Veronika Sunko, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Xiao Mi, Google
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22019 DCMP Grad Student Travel Award Recipients, 2019 APS March Meeting, Boston, MA
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