The Chemical Physics and Polymer Physics Division (CPP) of the German Physical Society was founded in 2000 as a union of the Chemical Physics Division (founded in 1992) and the Polymer Physics Division (founded in 1951). Chemical Physics and Polymer Physics work in an interdisciplinary manner at the interface between physics, chemistry and biology.

At present, the subject matter is subdivided into the following topics:

• Dynamics of molecules and polymers, friction and rheology
• Complex fluids and colloids
• Biopolymers, biomaterials and bioinspired functional materials
• Charged soft matter, polyelectrolytes and ionic liquids
• Responsive and adaptive polymers
• Gels and polymer networks
• Nanostructured soft materials
• Composites and functional polymer hybrid materials
• Membranes and porous materials
• Crystalline polymers
• Interfaces and thin films
• Wetting, fluidics and liquids at interfaces and surfaces
• Molecular electronics and properties of excited states
• Organic photovoltaics and optoelectronics
• Photovoltaics and optoelectronics on the basis of hybrids and metal-halogenid perovskites
• Materials and devices for energy storage
• Modelling and simulation of soft matter
• New methods and instrumentation

The Chemical and Polymer Physics Division acts on behalf of 1.654 members (as of January 09, 2025). All members of the German Physical Society are invited to join this division, to submit contributions to its conferences, to make suggestions for the improvement of the division's work, and to solicit new members.

Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section in Regensburg, March 16-21, 2025

At the end of this conference we thank all those individuals, who contributed by their talks and posters and by help with the organization to a successful meeting of the Condensed Matter Section in Regensburg.

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The Chemical and Polymer Physics Division as part of the condensed matter section is represented at the forthcoming

DPG Spring Meeting 2026 in Dresden