Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung

New material for chemistry text books

Even the well-known can sometimes surprise. Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), also known colloquially as lime or chalk, is a mineral that has already been thoroughly analysed by chemists. But chemistry books, in which it is listed as occurring in five different crystal structures, now need to be a ... more

Stiff fibres spun from slime

Nature is an excellent teacher – even for material scientists. Researchers, including scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, have now observed a remarkable mechanism by which polymer materials are formed. In order to capture prey, velvet worms shoot out a sticky ... more

Markus Antonietti receives Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize

Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Markus Antonietti, director at the MPI of Colloids and Interfaces, was awarded the Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize. The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation under the aegis of the French Academy of Sciences have announced ... more