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Falko Schmidt defended his PhD Thesis in Physics
Falko Schmidt defended his PhD Thesis titled "Active Matter in a Critical State: From passive building blocks to active molecules, engines and active droplets" in Physics on Friday, the 15th of January 2021.
The disputation took place at 9 a.m., ...
Post · November 09, 2021
Presentation by Falko Schmidt on QED Casimir vs Critical Casimir at MPI Stuttgart,
QED Casimir vs Critical Casimir Forces: Trapping and Releasing of metal flake particles
Falko Schmidt, Agnese Callegari, Giovanni Volpe
(online at) MPI Stuttgart, Germany
11 February 2021, 14:30-16.00
We propose a mechanism for restoration of co...
Post · November 09, 2021
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
...
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
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