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Presentation by Falko Schmidt on Career Transition from Research to Entrepreneurship
From basic research to founding a startup company: A personal journey to the unknown
Falko Schmidt
Career Seminar, Online, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
14 October 2020, 11:30-13:00
26 November 2020, 11:30-13:00
I am currently a PhD stude...
Post · November 09, 2021
"Non-equilibrium properties of an active nanoparticle in a harmonic potential" published in Nature Communications
Non-equilibrium properties of an active nanoparticle in a harmonic potential
Falko Schmidt, Hana Šípová-Jungová, Mikael Käll, Alois Würger & Giovanni Volpe
Nature Communications 12, 1902 (2021)
doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22187-z
arXiv: 2009.08393
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Post · November 09, 2021
Falko Schmidt nominated for a Student Paper Prize at the Biophotonics Congress
Falko Schmidt has been nominated by the Optical Society of America for a Student Paper Prize for Optical Manipulation and its Applications among three other finalists. He will present his work on the Dynamics of an Active Nanoparticle in an Optica...
Post · November 09, 2021
Presentation by Falko Schmidt at OSA-OMA-2021
Dynamics of an Active Nanoparticle in an Optical Trap
Falko Schmidt, Hana Sipova-Jungova, Mikael Käll, Alois Würger, Giovanni Volpe
Submitted as OSA-OMA-2021, AF1D.2 Contribution
Date: 16 April
Time: 12:30 CEST
Short Abstract
We investigate a nan...
Post · November 09, 2021
Press release on "Active Droploids"
The article "Active Droploids" has been featured in a press release by the University of Gothenburg.
In English: Feedback creates a new class of active biomimetic materials.
In Swedish: Feedback möjliggör en ny form av aktiva biomimetiska materia...
Post · November 09, 2021
Active Droploids published in Nature Communications
Active droploids
Jens Grauer, Falko Schmidt, Jesús Pineda, Benjamin Midtvedt, Hartmut Löwen, Giovanni Volpe & Benno Liebchen
Nat. Commun. 12, Article number: 6005 (2021)
Active matter comprises self-driven units, such as bacteria and synthetic mi...
Post · November 09, 2021
Behind-the-paper story on "Active Droploids"
The behind-the-paper story about our latest article in Nature Communication is published in the Nature portfolio under the Device & Materials Engineering Community.
This is the story about how we came to discover a complete new material system s...
Post · November 09, 2021
The kids aren’t alright: what exactly is resilience?
The topic of resilience has lately received a lot of attention on Twitter. We hear that kids have resilience when it comes to bouncing back from Covid lockdowns, or that we need to 'build' their resilience, which typically means that someone well-...
Post · November 05, 2021
How to Write an IRB Proposal
First, what is the IRB? The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a committee that reviews and monitors all research involving human subjects. Their job is to protect human rights and welfare in research. When performing research involving children,...
Post · November 02, 2021