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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.
More on the History of Condensed Matter Physics
News & Announcements
2012 March meeting: Important DCMP-related dates, events, and other information
C8 2012 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize Nominations
2011 DCMP Nominated APS Fellows
Job Opening: Senior Editor, Physical Review B
Call for nominations for DCMP election
2012 Oliver E. Buckley Prize: Call for Nominations
2012 IUPAP C10 Young Scientist Prize Nominations
2011 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize Recipients
2011 Davisson-Germer Prize Prize Recipient
2010 APS Fellows Nominated by DCMP
Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics
Condensed Matter News
Study helps explain behavior of superconductors, US News and World Reports
Quantum-computing firm opens the box, Physics World
STM calculations put atoms in a different light, Physics World
Squeezing in magnetism, Physics
Reading a single spin in silicon, Physics
A probe for supersolidity—or the lack thereof, Physics
Safety reviews, not shutdowns, are ordered in the wake of Fukushima, Physics Today
X rays from a free-electron laser resolve the structures of complex biomolecules, Physics Today
Promise lies ahead for superconductivity after 100 years, APS News
Carbon flowers, Physics
APS Turns 112, APS Website
Upcoming Meetings
APS March Meeting 2012February 27-March 2, 2012
Topological States of Matter
March 18-22, 2012
Physics of low-dimensional Conductors - Problems and Perspectives
March 25-28, 2012
International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings, and Nano-Structured Materials
March 27-30, 2012
International ISSP-MPIPKS Workshop on Impurities and Textures in Unconventional Magnets
April 2-4, 2012
The 8th Capri Spring School on Transport in Nanostructures 2012
April 15-22, 2012
2012 Villa Conference on Iron-based Superconductors
April 16-20, 2012
Frontiers of Soft Matter Symposium
May 16-18, 2012
Strong Light Matter Coupling School : from Atoms to Solid State Physics
May 21-June 8, 2012
School on Cold Atoms, Excitons and Polaritons
May 21-23, 2012
