How do a small number of larger colloidal particles behave when mixed with many smaller ones inside spherical droplets? We found that entropy alone drives the larger particles to the droplet surface, where they consistently settle at the twelve vertices of an icosahedral structure formed by the smal...
Wednesday, May 21st | 19:00 | Killians Irish Pub, Nuremberg
Why do peacocks shimmer? Why did rainbows used to have only three colors? And what does beer have to do with pigments?
Join us for a colorful evening where science meets history, art, and nature. In this engaging talk, Dr. Giulia Magnabo...
On April 3rd, Annika Mauch and Frederic Dietrich, doctoral researchers of the CRC1411, introduced young female students to the fascinating world of structural color and porous materials during the "Girls' day". This nationwide event aims to encourage girls to explore careers in science, technology, ...
In a new study featured on the cover of ACS Nano, researchers from the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1411 have revealed that “magic number” arrangements in colloidal clusters vanish beyond a certain size. Led by CRC 1411 Principal Investigators Prof. Michael Engel, Prof. Nicolas Vogel and Prof...
Researchers from the CRC1411 have teamed up with the renowned magazine GEO to co-author an article on structural colors in animals. The piece, published on GEO.de, explores the fascinating mechanisms behind the vibrant and shimmering colors found in nature.
Unlike pigment-based colors, structural c...
Scientists have long known that the shape of tiny crystals (nanocrystals) can affect their properties, such as how they interact with light or how well they function as catalysts. However, precisely understanding how these shapes form has been challenging, since many factors are involved: temperatur...
CRC 1411 is proud to announce that three of its doctoral researchers from the integrated Research Training Group in Particle Science and Technology (iRTG-ParSciTech) have garnered awards at two high-profile scientific meetings held in late February and early March.
A double success at home
From Fe...
Just a few days into 2025, CRC 1411 PI Robin Klupp Taylor found himself trading a Bavarian winter holiday for a lecture hall at Kyoto University in Japan. While colleagues back home savoured their final post-Christmas relaxation, on January 6, Prof. Klupp Taylor was already engaging graduate student...
Curious to know more about supraparticles? Here you can find a presentation from Prof. Vogel on the latest developments of his research. This talk is part of the session "Particles empowering tomorrow: Innovations for our global world" at ParTec 2025.
In October 2024, the iRTG-ParSciTech of CRC 1411 hosted its inaugural Summer School at the Fraunhofer Forschungscampus in Waischenfeld, situated in the picturesque Fränkische Schweiz an hour away from Erlangen. Held from October 14 to 17, the event brought the CRC doctoral researchers together for t...
