The 2005 competition

Here you find the winning photographs of the 2005 "Images of Research" competition in the categories "Fascination of Research", "Faces of Research", the winner of the audience prize and the shortlist, a selection of the best photos submitted in 2005. To view a larger version of the photographs, please click on the picture in question.


Category "Fascination of Research":

Category "Faces of Research":

Category "Audience prize":

Category "Additional nominations":

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Karen Köhler, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid-
und Grenzflächenforschung, Golm

This photograph was awarded 1. place in the category "Audience prize".


The micrometer-sized capsules from polyelectrolyte multilayers have shrunk at a temperature of 120 degrees Celsius. The originally hollow structures with a wall thickness of only 20 nm are currently being tested as micro-substance transporters.

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