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First Sustainability Day of the Max Planck Campus.

September 03, 2026

Lecture featuring impressive live experiments and a sustainable team challenge.

€1.5 Million for Sustainable Hydrogen Production Using Nanoconfined Water

September 02, 2026

Dept Bonn

Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung supports Dr. Yongkang Wang in establishing the NanoW Research Group

When Rust Falls from a Tree

August 26, 2026

Dept. Butt

Charged Droplets Can Cause Surface Corrosion

Faraday Horizon Prize for n-Aqua

June 18, 2026

Dept Bonn

For discoveries revealing how the structure and dynamics of water are transformed under nanoscale confinement and at low-dimensional interfaces.

Otto-Hahn-Medal for Oskar Sachnik

June 17, 2026

Dept. Blom

Oskar Sachnik, a former doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Prof. Paul Blom’s department, was awarded the Otto Hahn Medal by the Max Planck Society on June 17. The award was presented during the Max Planck Society’s annual meeting.

The bee whisperer

Dept. Landfester

An article out of the newsletter of the MPI for chemistry

Wie man einen Darm im Labor simuliert

November 04, 2022

Dept. Blom Medicine

Forschungsbericht (importiert) 2021 - Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung

How to split water

July 14, 2021

Challenges in Fundamental Research Dept Bonn Energy and Technology

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have taken a close look at the conversion processes to generate hydrogen.

Welcome to the cell!

April 01, 2021

Dept. Landfester Medicine

Project “MaxSynBio” produces artificial cells

Foundations of success

Video July 08, 2024

Dept Bonn Dept. Blom Dept. Butt Dept. Kremer Dept. Landfester Dept. Weil

Founded in 1983, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research began its research operations in 1984, at that time still in rooms at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Seven interviewees, who played a key role in shaping the Institute, talk about the challenges of the early days.

Imagefilm

Video October 04, 2023

Dept Bonn Dept. Blom Dept. Butt Dept. Kremer Dept. Landfester Dept. Weil

The institute with seven departments under the leadership of seven directors is one of the internationally leading research centres in the field of polymer science.

How artificial cells are synthesised

Video June 27, 2023

Dept. Landfester

Dr. Lucas Caire da Silva and Prof. Dr. Katharina Landfester, together with other scientists, have managed to recreate an artificial cell in such a way that individual compartments fulfil the functions of a biological cell.

Nanocapsules

Video April 21, 2023

Dept. Landfester

The research group led by Prof. Dr. Katharina Landfester lets you take a look behind the scenes. The video explains the individual synthesis steps in the laboratory and which quality controls have to be passed to be able to produce the "perfect" nanocapsule.