Here you can find:
a) A news list of the latest news
b) Selected older messages about the activities of our institute, which in our opinion are still interesting after a longer period of time.
Opus Fluidum FuturumThe DFG’s Scientific Priority Programme 2005 (SPP2005), involving over 15 research groups from Germany, focuses on the rheology of workable cement and is therefore of fundamental interest to the modern construction industry. The current state of research has now been published in an open-access book by Springer. |
Deutschlandfunk - Teflon"A chance discovery becomes a global success" |
Application Notes with MagritekOur proprietary coupled characterisation methods – in this case, benchtop NMR coupled with SEC – are used in industry. Here is an application note from Magritek that we have written at the KIT. |
ABC Problem in Chemistry EducationA discussion on university education in chemistry and the natural sciences in general is needed, and this feature article from *Nachrichten aus der Chemie* is intended to stimulate such a discussion. Opinions and comments are welcome; please feel free to email them to Manfred Wilhelm. |
125 Years of Polymers in KarlsruheTo mark KIT’s 200th anniversary, a special edition of *Macromolecular Rapid Communications* was published, covering 125 years of polymer science in Karlsruhe, featuring an overview article of Manfred Wilhelm on the history of polymer science in Karlsruhe. To mark KIT’s 200th anniversary, a special edition of *Macromolecular Rapid Communications* was published, covering 125 years of polymer science in Karlsruhe, featuring an overview article by Manfred Wilhelm on the history of polymer science in Karlsruhe. |
Geocaching in the PalatinateOn September 30, following our alumni meeting, we went on this year's group excursion, a geocaching wine tasting tour through the vineyards around Maikammer in the Palatinate. Impressions from Palatinate |
Alumni 2025The 10th meeting of Alumni, Friends and Cooperationpartner of the group of Prof. Wilhelm on September, 26th at the ITCP and the MZE was assited by more than 70 people, approximately 50 guests and alumni. Alumni-Meeting |
Ernst Prize of the GDCHThe Ernst Prize of the GDCh Magnetic Resonance Section 2025 was awarded on September 15, 2025 and goes to Markus Matz for his publication: "Enhancing sensitivity in the hyphenation of HPLC to benchtop NMR at isocratic and onflow conditions"; M. Matz, M. Pollard, M. Gaborieau, J. Tratz, C. Botha, M. Wilhelm; J. Phys. Chem. B 128 39 9512-9524 (2024); DOI 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c03509. Impressions from the Price Award Ceremony |
Poster Price Xiaohe XuCongratulations to Xiaohe Xu for his Poster Award at the Conference "Novel Trends in Rheology X", which took place from July 30-31 in the Czech Republic in Zlín. Short impressions from the conference |
Institute seminarThe 8th seminar of the Prof. Wilhelm working group took place from 18-20 September 2024 at the Gernsbach Paper Centre (Black Forest). In the peaceful surroundings on the outskirts of the town, the basics of important methods and theories for the entire working group were discussed, with one aspect also focussing on science in philosophy and epistemology. Impressions during the seminar |
Image Working groupView the current picture of the Wilhelm working group: |
DFG Review BoardProf Mandfred Wilhelm is involved in science funding: he is a new member of the DFG Review Board 3.16 Polymer Research 3.16-01 Preparative and Physical Chemistry of Polymers. |
Sample changer for medium-field NMRYet another addition to our equipment! With the new sample changer, even time-consuming measurements can be carried out conveniently with the Medium-Field-NMR device from Magritek. Examples are 2D-NMR measurements, both in 1H and 13C, which are now possible around the clock. Link_more |
PhD Examination in AmsterdamProf. Wilhelm as an Examiner for an Phd "Combined Methods in SEC" at the University of Amsterdam at September 2023, 28th. There a PhD-Exam is really tradition-conscious and solemn! |
Medium Field NMRExpansion of our facilities: |
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Ernst-Preis der GDCH |
Sep 2025 |
| DFG Fachkollegium
Prof. Mandfred Wilhelm engagiert sich in der Wissenschaftsförderung: |
Jan 2024 |
| Knauer Award 2022
Der "Herbert Knauer Science Award 2022" geht an Markus Matz aus unserer Arbeitsgruppe für seine Arbeit zur Verwendung der kernmagnetischen Resonanz (NMR) als Detektionsmethode für die Flüssigkeitschromatografie, |
Oct 2022 |
| Akademie der Wissenschaften
Prof. Dr. Manfred Wilhelm wurde als Mitglied in die Akademie der Wissenschaften in Mainz berufen! Die Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz, gegründet 1949, bietet ihren Mitgliedern einen Ort des Dialogs, in dessen Mittelpunkt der interdisziplinäre Austausch steht. |
Jan 2022 |
| Corona-Auswirkungen: Virtuelles Alumni-Meeting "The one and only virtual": Alumni-Meeting 2021 |
Sep 2021 |
| New Equipment: Stress-Strain-Maschine from Hegewald&Peschke | July 2021 |
| Rheologie-Award 2020 of the German Rheological Society for Dr. Volker Räntzsch, many congratulations to him!. This price honors outstanding dissertations in the rheological field and gets awarded every two years. Volker Räntzsch finished his dissertation in Juli 2018, his dissertation "Polymer Crystallization under Quiescent and Flow Conditions: Relationships between Molecular Dynamics, Morphology, and Rheology" received the price in 2020. | Nov 2020 |
| ERNST-AWARD: Congratulations to Mr. Carlo Botha! He received the Ernst-Award 2020 (Award for outstanding publications of young scientists, GDCh Fachgruppe Magnetische Resonanzspektroskopie) for his Publikation Botha et al., Polym. Chem. 10, 2230–2246 (2019), (Details (DOI, Titlepage) in our list of publications). | Nov 2020 |
| Highlighted Research Article: Our Research on Fatique in Polymers (Hirschberg et al., 2018) was highlighted in the Canadien Engineering research news (Advances in Engineering) | Okt 2018 |
| New Building MZE is finished. The group has now acces to three additional labs (one chemical, two analytical labs) and office space for 10 people. | Aug 2016 |
| Entropierad (Entropy Wheel) präsentiert auf der Hannovermesse | April 2015 |
| Boysen-price for Dr. Johannes Höpfner | Jan 2015 |
| AERC 2014: Annual European Rheological Conference The Conference in Karlsruhe organized by our research group and the group of Prof. Willenbacher has been a big success, please see a short summary of the conference. |
April 2014 |
| Latest version of the Entropie wheel offers sufficient mechanical power to haul off a passenger car | Dez 2012 |
| Sendung mit der Maus zeigt aktuelle Forschung für Kinder: Sendetermin für die Sendung über das Entropierad |
Sep 2012 |
| Unsere Forschung in TV/Radio/Zeitung (Our research activities were presented in TV/radio/newspaper): Unser Forschungsgebiet der Meerwasserentsalzung im Fernsehen (SWR-Landesschau, 26.05.2012, WMV, 9 MB) und im Radio (SRW2 Impuls, 21.05.2012, MP3, 1.3 MB) und in der Zeitung (BNN, 19.6.2012) | Mai 2012 Jun 2012 |
| Capillary Rheology: Sensitivity of commercial available instrument improved by two orders of magnitude | Mar 2010 |
| Visit of Nobel Laureate Prof. R. Grubbs | Jun 2009 |
| Antrittsvorlesung Prof. Wilhelm (inaugural lecture) | Feb 2007 |


Opus Fluidum Futurum
Deutschlandfunk - Teflon
Application Notes with Magritek
ABC Problem in Chemistry Education
125 Years of Polymers in Karlsruhe




Image Working group
DFG Review Board
PhD Examination in Amsterdam