Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
AbbreviationMPIKG
Formation1990 (1990)
TypeScientific institute
PurposeResearch in colloids and interfaces
HeadquartersGolm, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Key people
Markus Antonietti (co-founder)
Reinhard Lipowski (co-founder)
Helmuth Möhwald (co-founder)
Parent organization
Max Planck Society
WebsiteHomepage (in English)

The Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung) is located in Potsdam-Golm Science Park in Golm, Potsdam, Germany. It was founded in 1990 as a successor of the Institute for Physical Chemistry and for Organic Chemistry, both in Berlin-Adlershof, and for Polymer Chemistry in Teltow. In 1999, it transferred to newly constructed extension facilities in Golm. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft).