Exploring the unseen world of matter

HFML-FELIX stands for High Field Magnet Laboratory and Free Electron Lasers for Infrared eXperiments. At our research facility we use high magnetic fields and intense laser light to explore the fundamental properties of matter, enabling pioneering research.

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29 October 2025

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Apply for research time before 15 November

22 September 2025

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Radboudumc joins HFML-FELIX as an official partner to advance metabolic disease research

11 September 2025

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Exciting research position in newly granted European project!

7 August 2025

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Unraveling the secrets of space ice

5 August 2025

Fingerprints of important interstellar molecules determined

30 July 2025

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Registration open for the ‘Astrochemistry: From Quantum to Cosmos’-meeting

24 July 2025

A new, creative approach to switching magnetization

16 July 2025

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HFML-FELIX researchers win prize for molecules that stimulate crop growth

14 July 2025

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A successful 2025 HFML-FELIX User Meeting

6 July 2025

Shedding light on a promising organic catalyst

18 June 2025

Kim Steenbakkers awarded cum laude distinction at PhD defense

17 June 2025

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Breakthrough in metabolic disease research using infrared free-electron laser

2 June 2025

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Marc Baldus appointed new director of HFML-FELIX

6 May 2025

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HFML-FELIX researcher Marius Gerlach wins Agnes-Pockels-PhD Award

27 March 2025

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New machine learning model for predicting infrared spectra of ions

17 March 2025

Breaking promising materials, to better understand their properties

14 March 2025

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Next HFML-FELIX User Meeting to be held in July

12 March 2025

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Exciting moments on the edge

13 February 2025

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Studying the tiny stretches of molecules in the lab, to unravel space mysteries

23 December 2024

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

About us

By harnessing some of the world’s highest continuous magnetic fields and the unprecedented wavelength span and pulse energies of our free-electron lasers our institute enables the discovery, visualisation and comprehension of previously unknown molecular structures and novel phases of matter.

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, the Radboudumc and the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

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