Exploring the unseen world of materials

National research institute HFML-FELIX

At our unique research facility we merge high magnetic fields with intense laser light to explore the fundamental properties of matter, enabling scientists from all over the world to conduct pioneering research that isn’t possible elsewhere.

HFML-FELIX is part of a large national consortium, consisting of the Radboud Universiteit, NWO-I, the Technische Universiteit Delft, Universiteit Maastricht, Universiteit Twente, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Universiteit Leiden and the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

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PhD defence Irina Dolgikh

Earlier this month Irina Dolgikh successfully defended her PhD thesis "Ultrafast antiferromagnetic spin dynamics in high magnetic fields"

Years ago, Nobel Prize winner Harry Kroto predicted that buckminsterfullerene (C60) – a molecule discovered by himself, that looks a lot like a football – should occur in space abundantly.

As of 2025, laser and magnet lab HFML-FELIX, known worldwide as a unique research facility, will continue within a large national partnership.

PhD defence Irina Dolgikh

Researchers further determine the infrared spectrum of iconic ‘football molecule’

HFML-FELIX will continue within a large national collaboration