The Peter Grünberg Institute (PGI) is committed to uncovering and interpreting new phenomena in condensed matter, designing innovative materials and functional structures at the nano- and quantum-scale, and advancing experimental and theoretical techniques. Our research focuses on potential long-term applications in information technology and related fields. A particular emphasis is placed on functional materials and emergent phenomena, quantum computing, and neuromorphic computing.

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Functional Materials and Emergent Phenomena

We research quantum materials with the aim of using them for storing and processing information in the medium or long term.

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Quantumcomputing

We are working together with partners from science and industry to build an European quantum computer in Jülich.

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Neuromorphic Computing

We are researching a computational approach modelled on the human brain at all the necessary levels, from materials to circuit design and system integration.

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Software and Systems

We are fostering and devloping the infrastructure for the physics of information processing.

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Molybdenene – the "Metallic" Relative of Graphene

Two-dimensional materials like graphene show fascinating properties such as superconductivity, extraordinary strength and exotic quantum phenomena. Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich, together with partners, have now created a special material of this kind that exhibits a metallic character. It consists of just one atomic layer of molybdenum atoms and is also referred to as "molybdenene".

Inspired by Nature

They could be the key to meeting the growing appetite for energy of artificial intelligence (AI): neuro-inspired computer chips modelled on the human brain. At today’s Jülich-Aachen Neuromorphic Computing Day, scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, together with partners from high-tech companies and start-ups, gave around 200 guests from science, industry, and politics an insight into the latest developments in the presence of BMBF State Secretary Sabine Döring.

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