Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses

In 1962, when CNRS’s laboratories were built on the Polygone Scientifique of Grenoble, Louis Néel began conducting high magnetic field projects.

The dynamic created by the Élysée Treaty signed in 1963 between France and Germany led to collaboration between the SNCI and the Max Planck Institute from 1972 to 2004.

The quantum hall effect was discovered at the laboratory and Klaus Van Klitzing received the Nobel Prize for this discovery in 1985.

The LNCMI has several missions At the Grenoble site, static magnetic fields of up to 37 Teslas are generated and long duration measurements are available thanks to the continuous cooling capacity of the neighboring river.

The scientific researches published by the LNCMI focused mainly on Condensed Matter Physics with a ongoing development on Magnetoscience and applied superconductivity.