Concept to obtain uniform size and shape particles by controlled polymerization on a molecular as well as particle level. An effective nucleation (N) ensures that particles contain only one active site, and start to grow virtually at the same time. Due to the living character of polymerization, all particles continue to grow for the entire duration of the experiment, to yield particles each composed of a chain of identical length. As the growing chains are immediately deposited on the growing single-crystal particle during this process, particle shape evolves uniformly over time during polymerization. Copyright: Stefan Mecking and Manuel Schnitte

Researchers create uniform-shape polymer nanocrystals

Researchers from the University of Konstanz’s Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1214 “Anisotropic Particles as Building Blocks: Tailoring Shape, Interactions and Structures” successfully generate uniform-shape nanocrystals using direct polymerization

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Vertrauensfragen an die Medien

Bodensee-Wirtschaftsforum 2019 des Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstituts an der Universität Konstanz diskutiert am Donnerstag, 23. Mai 2019 Mechanismen und Perspektiven der Meinungsbildung im digitalen Zeitalter.

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Die Zukunft der Grenzen

Wissenschafts-Talk „Grenzgänger Wissenschaft“ in Konstanz und Kreuzlingen über die gesellschaftliche Entwicklung der Grundfreiheiten

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Screenshot of a computer simulation of diffusive skyrmion motion in a thin magnetic film. Copyright: Working group of Professor Ulrich Nowak, University of Konstanz

A step towards probabilistic computing

Working group led by physicist Professor Ulrich Nowak at the University of Konstanz, in collaboration with a team of physicists from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, demonstrates how skyrmions can be used for the computer concepts of the future

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Addressing trauma and aggression

Research collaboration led by Konstanz neuropsychologist, Thomas Elbert, receives “ERC Proof of Concept Grant” to use research on trauma and violence to develop mental healthcare

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