The division encompasses the compound semiconductor and 2D materials micro/nanoelectronics group (MRG), the group for transparent and conductive materials (TCM), the photonic, phononic and metamaterials group (PPM), the quantum materials and magnetism group (QMM) and two purely theoretical groups, the Quantum theory of materials one (QTM) and the Non-linear and statistical physics one (NSP).

Despite its, on the surface, diverse composition, the division is very coherent since all the groups collaborate with and complement each other.