They are approached from the point of view of fundamental properties, and cover the situation when the size of an object becomes comparable to certain characteristic scales (coherence length, mean free path, etc.).

More generally, research and technical training is a major concern of the laboratory, which, besides PhD students, hosts a large number of interns at many levels.

[16] Among other things, the team engages in research activities related to the science communication, interdisciplinarity and innovative pedagogies.

[11] Other major contributions are the involvement in large-scale actions such as: The Laboratory of Solid State Physics was founded by André Guinier, Jacques Friedel and Raimond Castaing in 1959 on the Orsay campus.

French physicist Albert Fert received from the King of Sweden the medal and diplomas of the Physics Nobel Prize on the 10th December 2007.