Poster Prizes

Applicants should be young researchers (Master/PhD Students or PhD holders) with a scientific activity not longer than 7 years after their PhD degree.

For the application procedure please consult the conference website.

The decision will be taken during the annual meeting by a special Jury nominated by the Chair of the Conference. The award consisting of 300 EUR and a certificate will be handed over to the award winners.

ECIS 2022 Best Poster Prize Winners

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Exploring the glassy behaviour of the Gaussian Core Model by random pinning
Vittoria Sposini, University of Vienna, Austria

Mucus-inspired self-regenerating microgel coatings
Isabel Katja Sommerfeld, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Electrokinetic and dielectric response of a concentrated salt- free colloid. Different approaches to counterion finite size effects
Sara Del Gado, University of Granada, Spain

Polyelectrolyte polymer networks for the uptake of charged short-chained polyamides
Leon Klug, RWTH Aachen, Germany

At interfaces absorbed microgel particles stabilize emulsions as a function of pH and microgel particle concentration
Desirée Martin, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Synthesis of polymeric particles with multiple lobes
Kata Dorbic, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Conductive hydrogel beads: New generation of flowable electrodes
Matin Mirbaha, Université PSL, CNRS, Paris, France

ECIS 2021 Best Poster Prize Winners

Sponsored by Elsevier

The enzyme-like catalytic activity of cerium oxide nanoparticles: Dependence on Ce3+ surface area concentration and coating effects
Jean-Francois Berret, Universite de Paris, France

Capillary Driven Self-Assembly of Ellipsoidal Composite Microgels at the air/Water Interface
Nabanita Hazra, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Static and dynamic control of magnetic microgels
Dominik Braunmiller, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Surface-tension gradient in thin films: why foams form in liquid mixtures
Hoai-Phuong Tran, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research Univ., Sorbonne University, France

Sponsored by Polymers

Alexandra Bayles, ETH Switzerland

ECIS 2019 Best Poster Prize Winners

Sponsored by Elsevier

The flatbed scanner as a scientific instrument: Spontaneous pattern formation statistics on large-area printed surfaces
Pauline Brumm
Institute of Printing Science and Technology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Characterization of temperature switchable photonic crystals via small angle X-ray scattering
Janne-Mieke Meijer
Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam – The Netherlands
Buckling of particle-laden interfaces: from nano- to microparticles
Milad Eftekhari
Technische Universität Dresden – Germany
AC electrophoretic mobility of an optically trapped colloidal particle
Kohei Iki
Department of Physics, Kyushu University – Japan
How Sugars Modulate the Self-Association of Caffeine
Ilan Shumilin
Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Israel

Sponsored by MDPI

Effects of non-Brownian particles localized in the droplet phase: Droplet dynamics and particle distribution
Helene Van Ammel
Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven – Belgium
pH-responsive polymeric Rose Bengal-loaded nanocapsules for photodynamic therapy
Srujan Cheruku
Nanobiophysics and Soft Matter Interfaces, Hasselt University – Belgium

Sponsored by RSC

Morphology of Surfactant Mixtures at Solid/Liquid Interfaces: High-Speed AFM Observation
Ryota Saino
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science – Japan
Heating Rate Dependent Micelle-to-Vesicle Transition in DMPC-Glycyrrhizin Mixtures: A X-ray Scattering Study
Carina Dargel
Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, University Bielefeld – Germany
“Bubble spectroscopy”: from single to interacting vibrating bubbles
Domenica Raciti
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania – Italy

ECIS 2018 Best Poster Prize Winners

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In Situ Study of the Growth and Ripening of Poorly Water-Soluble Organic Nanoparticles Prepared by Antisolvent Precipitation
Dennis Noll
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Release of spores from electrospun polyethylene oxide and chitosan/polyethylene oxide nanofibers
Jan Kumar
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Inducing protein reentrant condensation with polyvalent anions
Jordan Bye
University of Manchester, United Kingdom</li>
Rattle-type colloidal crystals incorporating a movable silica/titania core developed for switchable materials
Kanako Watanabe
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Solute-Driven Colloidal Particle Manipulation in Continuous Flows Past Grooved Microchannels
Naval Singh
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Colloidal stabilisation of permanently-magnetic nanoplatelets in aqueous suspensions for bio-medical applications
Tanja Goršak
Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

ECIS 2017 Best Poster Prize Winners

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Preparation of elastic noisome by polyglycerol fatty acids and skin penetration property
Takeshi Misono
Nikkol Group Cosmos Technical Center CO, Tokio, Japan
Fundamentals of Nanotoxicity: Interactions between Nanoparticles and Cell Membranes
Laura J. Fox
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Synthesis and Characterization of Nb₂O₅ Mesostructures with Tunable Morphology and Their Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Carmen Cavallo
Chalmers University Technology, Sweden
Self-Assembly of Plasmonic Supercrystals and Metamolecules
Christoph Hanske
CIC BiomaGUNE, San Sebastian, Spain
New chitosan-based microgels for internal wound healing therapies
Sarah Michel
University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Sponsored by Soft Matter

Photomodulation of bacterial growth and biofilm formation using carbohydrate-based surfactants
Weinyue Zou
RMIT University of Melbourne, Australia
Mimicking a lotus leaf ultra hydrophobicity at home: a facile method to prepare mechanically durable superhydrophobic titanium
Alexander B. Tesler
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Colloidal self-propelled rotators
Daniel Ten Napel
Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Sponsored by MDPI-Polymers

Mechanical characterization and adhesion properties of microcapsules
Inga Melnyk
Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany
Functionalized nanocellulose for epithelial regeneration
Irene Anton
ICMAB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

ECIS 2016 Best Poster Prize Winners

Sponsored by Elsevier

3D printing of oil-in-water emulsions for conductive objects
Ido Cooperstein
Casali Centre for Applied Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Microrheology in DNA Hydrogels
Zhongyang Xing
Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Surface Enhanced Raman MicroimagingAllows for Screening Single Cells With DifferentFolate Binding Capability
Claudia Fasolato
Center for Life Nanoscience, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, and Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Phase behaviour, dynamics and directed self-assembly of soft repulsive bowl-shaped colloids
Jerome Crassous
Division of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Mesoporous colloidal gels for optical applications – synthesis and characterisation
Thomas O’Neill
Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Hyperuniform materials made with microfluidics
Pavel Yazhgur
MMN, ESPCI, Paris, France

ECIS 2015 Best Poster Prize Winners

Sponsored by Elsevier

Measurement of Surface Forces at High Pressure
Dominik W. Pilat
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Self-assembly of cyclodextrins at the oil-water interface: surfactant-free emulsions and cyclodextrinosomes
Bagthali Mathapa
Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, HU67RX Hull, United Kingdom
Engineering new patchy particles for directed assembly
Céline Hubert
University of Bordeaux, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, 33600 Pessac, France
Characterization of a liposomal drug carrier using continuous contrast variation SAXS
Christian Gollwitzer
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, 10587 Berlin, Germany
Phase-Transition Kinetics in Thermo-and Field-Responsive Microgel Suspensions
Sofi Nöjd
Physical Chemistry, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
Advanced Nanocomposite Based on Silica Nanohelices Decorated with Gold Nanoparticles for Chiroptical Properties
Jiaji Cheng
CBMN, 33600 Pessac, France

ECIS 2014 Best Poster Prize Winners

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Protein Interactions with Particles Probed by the Patterns of Evaporating Drops
Stéphanie Devineau
Department of Chemistry, Ecole Normale Superieure-PSL Research University, Paris, France 2 Sorbonne Universites, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France
Quatsomes: Vesicles Formed by Self-Assembly of Sterols and Quaternary Ammonium Surfactants
Antonio Ardizzone
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – CSIC, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Bicontinuous Microemulsions as Model Systems for Anomalous Diffusion in Crowded Environments
Oliver Wrede
Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Curved Phospholipid Bilayers Supported by Vertically Arrayed Nanowires
Aleksandra P. Dabkowska
Division of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Ink-Jet Printing Dispersions of Fluorescent Seeded Nanorods
Shay Shemesh
Casali Institute, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Super Liquid-Repellent Gas Membranes for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Heart-Lung Machines
Maxime Paven
Experimental Physics, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

ECIS 2013 Best Poster Prize Winners

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Surfactant transport onto a foam lamella
Denny Vitasari*, Paul Grassia, Peter Martin
School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Ordered multilamellar vesicle phase under shear flow
Luigi Gentile^1,2*, M. Behrens², S. Balog ^3,4, K. Mortensen⁵,C. Oliviero Rossi¹, U. Olsson²
¹Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Calabria, Ponte P. Bucci, Cubo 14/D, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy
²Physical Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Lund University, P. O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
³Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
⁴Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, 1723 Marly 1, Switzerland
⁵Department of Basic Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Rheology of self-assembled systems derived from vitamin C
Virginia Mazzini^1,2*, Emiliano Carretti², Emiliano Fratini², Pierandrea Lo Nostro²
¹Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
²Department of Chemistry and CSGI, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy
Chondroitin-sulfate-A-coated magnetite nanoparticles in biocompatible magnetic fluids
Ildiko Y. Toth*, Erzsebet Illes, Marta Szekeres, Etelka Tombacz
Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged,
Aradi vt. tere 1, Szeged, Hungary
PEG/surfacted magnetite core-shell nanoparticles for biomedical application
Erzsebet Illes¹*, Edina Kupcsik¹, Laszlo Kiraly¹, Ildiko Y.Toth¹, Marta Szekeres¹, Etelka Tombacz¹, Katalin Farkas²
¹Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Hungary
²Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary
PMMA-Grafted a-Fe₂O₃ Fine Particles with Anisotropic Shapes Controlled in the Graft Chain Length by ATRP
Jun Yabuki¹, Kiyoshi Kanie¹*, Kenichi Hayashida², Osamu Watanabe², Atsushi Muramatsu¹
¹IMRAM, Tohoku University 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
²Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan

ECIS 2011 Best Poster Prize Winners

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Transparent, thermally stable and mechanically robust superhydrophobic surfaces made from porous silica capsules
Xu Deng*, Lena Mammen, Maria d’Acunzi, Periklis Papadopoulos, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Doris Vollmer
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Highly Structured Porous Polymer Materials from Liquid Foam Templates
W. Drenckhan¹*, A. Testouri¹, C. Honorez¹, D. Langevin¹, A. van der Net², M. Ranft²
¹Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, University Paris-Sud – UMR 8502, Orsay, France
²BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Modeling Ion Specific Effects with the Continuum Solvent Approach
Timothy T. Duignan, Drew F. Parsons, Barry W. Ninham
Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
On the instability of the MLVs under shear flow in C₁₂E₅/D₂O system
Luigi Gentile¹*, Luigi Filippelli¹, Cesare Oliviero Rossi¹, Ulf Olsson², Giuseppe Antonio Ranieri¹
¹Department of Chemistry, University of Calabria, P. Bucci 14C, 87036 Rende, Italy
²Physical Chemistry 1, Kemicentrum, Lund University, Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
Towards the control of spontaneous multilayer formation at the air/water interface in oligoamine/SDS mixtures
S. Halacheva*, J. Penfold, R. K. Thomas
Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
Force Spectroscopy on Spider Silk Particles
Martin P. Neubauer¹*, Claudia Blüm², Thomas Scheibel², Andreas Fery¹
¹Department of Physical Chemistry II, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
² Department of Biomaterials, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany