A big shout out to my amazing coauthors who helped me get it over the line: Mark, @sourav-p.bsky.social, and @kmasania.bsky.social. And to the @erc.europa.eu for supporting this work!

🍄 My latest work with @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social is officially out in Advanced Functional Materials. We used mycelium & 3D printing to create some beautiful materials.

Check out the paper now: doi.org/10.1002/adfm...

#3dprinting #livingmaterials #mycelium

Got to see the Lycurgus cup today, as a colloidal scientist to say I was excited may have been an understatement.
The cup has silver and gold nanoparticles embedded in the glass which gives it its unique coloring, and has probably been on many intro to colloids ppt slides.

A bag of Fritos flavor twisted honey bbq.

When some of the group, @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social, goes to a conference in your home country. You gotta ask for the essentials. 🤣 Thanks for keeping my work going this week. 💪

One of these ghosts is me, haunting my own experiments to make sure they behave. 🧪👻

Enhancing the active motion of hematite microswimmers The demand for autonomous, self-propelled active particles is rapidly growing in soft matter research, driven by their potential applications in cargo…

How fast can hematite swim? 🏊‍♀️
We show that simple calcination can greatly enhance the photocatalytic-driven motility of hematite microswimmers. Now out in Applied Materials Today!

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#ActiveMatter #Microswimmers #SoftMatter #AppliedMaterialsToday

If you want the full story on how they were made you can check out the article: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Friday sparkle ✨ Memory Lane decided to show me some of the glitz from my PhD with these shimmering self-assembled hematite particles. So feel free to enjoy these little gems with me before the weekend. 💎

Happy to have helped make this photo ☺️ Can't wait to see what all we will do with our fantastic fungi 🍄🎉

This started as a quest for better magnetic microparticles—and ended with some delightfully deformable ones featured on the cover of Soft Matter! 🧲💫
Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors Laura Rossi, Nitin Rajendra Madam!
📄 Read the article: lnkd.in/eGQBKhaQ
🎨 Check out the cover: lnkd.in/ep4NmFzn

Selfie standing in front of the golden statue of Prometheus at the Rockefeller Center in NYC

A little TU Delft energy in the middle of Manhattan. 🔥
Prometheus reminds us that knowledge is meant to be shared - the flame burns bright on both sides of the ocean.
#tudelft #Prometheus #NYC

Reshapable magnetic particles for morphology-controlled soft systems Spherical polymeric particles are essential in a wide range of applications, from fundamental self-assembly to bioseparation technologies, with well-established synthetic methodologies. However, incor...

New paper out! 🧲 We present a simple method for making magnetic polymer microparticles that can be stretched into ellipsoids while keeping their magnetic response. Curious? Read more: doi.org/10.1039/D5SM00061K #MaterialsScience #SoftMatter#MagneticParticles

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

From brain maps to living bridges: the innovations set to reshape life in 2025 Whoever thinks research is not exciting might be in for a surprise. In 2025, we could witness genetic decoding of the human brain, collect solar energy in space, and walk across a bridge built of elec...

Thanks to @ec.europa.eu Horizon magazine for this cool article about our work! projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m... @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social

🎁🎄We had a wonderful Secret 'Saint Nicolas' (the Dutch Santa who comes in the beginning of December) at the @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social. I still haven't figured out which colleague gave me a pair of great books...

With @m-amani.bsky.social in the foreground taking the picture.

Had some fun at #nwochains this year. 🌞 Presenting a poster and discussing with researchers in chemistry definitely offered some new perspectives. It was also great to catch up with some friends from the PhD.