Zsigmondy

Zsigmondy is necessarily highly incomplete, if not to say fragmentary, but should surely suffice to show how it pioneered the way and opened up new regions in a field of research which had so far been difficult of access, a field which must be recognized as having the very greatest importance for human knowledge.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1925 - Presentation Speech

Zsigmondy from Göttingen for demonstrating the heterogeneous nature of such gold sols.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry

This theory, based on classical mechanics, helps to explain the behaviour of what are known as colloidal solutions, a behaviour which has been studied by Svedberg, Perrin, Zsigmondy and countless other scientists within the context of what has grown into a large branch of science, colloid chemistry.

Nobel Prize in Physics 1921 - Presentation Speech

Zsigmondy published a book Über das kolloide Gold in collaboration with P.A. Thiessen.

Richard Zsigmondy - Biography

In 1907 Zsigmondy was appointed Professor and Director of the

Richard Zsigmondy - Biography

Zsigmondy and his brothers spent much of their time climbing, mountaineering, swimming and diving.

Richard Zsigmondy - Biography

Zsigmondy married Laura Luise, née Müller, the daughter of Professor Wilhelm Müller, lecturer in pathological anatomy in Jena, in 1903.

Richard Zsigmondy - Biography

Zsigmondy now found that various gold colloids prepared by him contained delimited particles under the ultramicroscope although they had appeared completely homogeneous under an ordinary microscope.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1925 - Presentation Speech

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy was born in Vienna on April 1, 1865.

Richard Zsigmondy - Biography

Zsigmondy, had done a great deal to promote dentistry in Austria, had invented several surgical instruments and devices, and had published several scientific and medical works.

Richard Zsigmondy - Biography