Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

The construction phase of wowood

Video June 08, 2022

In wind and weather, the students and helpers from lignum hoch drei met on the path and joined forces to erect the 4 m high, extremely complex construction amidst the other exhibits.

Movie Overview

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October 26, 2022

How can polymers contribute to a better future? What is already being researched and which megatrends will we have to deal with? Nanoribbons and nanocapsules are only two keywords. Both exhibits show what's behind these terms: If you are good at crossword puzzles, you will certainly find the hidden terms, and if you have a steady hand, you will…

PET Recycling

June 08, 2022

Two experts explain to us how the technical cycle in PET recycling works: Philipp Langhammer from the company KHS and Prof. Kurt Kremer from MPI-P.

The wooden coil is set up

June 08, 2022

After several months of building the amorphous structure, it could be transported to Mainz and set up last November.

wowood - out of the workshop onto the path

June 08, 2022

With a lot of preliminary planning work, it was possible to get down to fine-tuning, sawing and drilling in the carpenter's workshop, so that the construction could then be erected over several weeks.

An exhibit is built

October 28, 2021

In just a series of small steps the short documentary shows how many wooden slats made out of oak can be layered, bent and glued together so that the whole structure obtains its shape and finally its stability. The completed coil has been exhibited on our trail since November.

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September 10, 2021

You can take a little walk with Franzi along our trail and ask yourself: What do I actually know about plastics? Most of us know a lot from our school days, even more from the media, often with the result: There a lot of plastics, but why are there so many, and what are their different functions? One argument we often face is that plastics harm the…

Kurzinterview Thomas Vilgis

December 01, 2020

In diesem Kurzinterview berichtet Thomas Vilgis, was ihn an FoodScience am Meisten interessiert und warum sich die Kommunikation dieses Themas lohntMusik: Adding The Sun by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5708-adding-the-sun
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/