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It was with great sadness that we learned on 28 February of this year that Heinz Hoffmann had passed away. With his passing, the Colloid Society lost a long-standing member and its former president (1987-1991), who was very active in the turbulent years of German reunification, working to ensure that scientists on both sides of…

During the 52nd Annual General Meeting of the Colloid Society, which took place from 30 September to 2 October 2024 with the theme Particle Based Functional Materials: Towards Device Integration and Polyelectrolyte Coacervates Renaissance, the following Colloid Society awards were presented: Roland R. Netz Roland Netz was awarded the Ostwald Prize for his work on…

The 19th Zsigmondy Colloquium of the Colloid Society took place from 10 to 14 April 2024 at Henkel in Düsseldorf. Invited speakers Niki Baccile Sorbonne Université Yang Yao University of Basel Wiebke Drenckhan-Andreatta University of Strasbourg The Colloid Society’s Zsigmondy Colloquium, hosted by Henkel from 10-12 April, brought together young scientists in the field of…

We condemn the barbaric attacks by Hamas on Israel. The attacks by Hamas have caused unspeakable suffering among the Israeli and Palestinian population. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and our colleagues and friends.This stance of the large majority of German scientists has also been formulated by the Alliance of Science Organisations in…

A special issue celebrating 100 years of the Colloid Society has been published in Colloid and Polymer Science. During the 51st Annual General Meeting of the Kolloid-Gesellschaft, to be held from 28-30. September 2022, with the theme 100 Years Kolloid-Gesellschaft Colloid Science – as Modern as Ever, the following prizes were awarded by the Kolloid-Gesellschaft:…

The 17th Zsigmondy Colloquium of the Colloid Society took place at the RWTH Aachen university between the 6th and the 8th of April 2022. Invited Speakers Janne-Mieke Meijer Eindhoven University of Technology Yuri Gerelli La Sapienza University in Rome Mathias Karg Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Thomas Mosciatti The Dow Chemical Company More than 90 participants discussed the…

The 16th Zsigmondy Colloquium of the Colloid Society e.V. took place at the Heinrich Heine University (HHU) in Düsseldorf under particular conditions (at the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic). Invited Speakers Peter Schurtenberger Lund University, Schweden Ilja Voets Eindhoven University of Technology, Niederlande From March 9th to 11th, 2020, almost 90 participants discussed the…

During the 49th General Meeting of the Colloid Society (Colloid Conference “Complex Fluids”), held in Stuttgart, Germany, September 23-25, 2019, the following Colloid Society Awards were presented: Dominique Langevin Dominique Langevin (left), CNRS and University of Paris-South, received the Ostwald Prize in recognition of her work on thin films and foams. Michal Borkovec Michal Borkovec…

The annual conference for young scientists was held for the first time at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research (IPF) in Dresden between 10 and 12 July 2019. The Zsigmondy Colloquium is aimed at young researchers at the doctoral and postdoctoral level in the field of colloid, surface, and interface research. It is named after…

The Colloid Society mourns the passing of Prof. Dr. Helmuth Möhwald.Prof. Dr. Helmuth Möhwald passed away on March 27, 2018. He was particularly closely associated with the Colloid Society for many years. In 1998, he was the first Liesegang Prize winner, and from 2003 to 2007, he was chairman of the Colloid Society. Until 2017,…