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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 6d

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

Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Halloween from SML! The only contamination we're allowing in the biolab this season is ectoplasm! 👻🧫

Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · 23d

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

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…

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · Aug 8

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

Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · Aug 8

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. 💎

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · May 28

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

Shaping Matter Lab @shapingmatterlab.bsky.social · May 26

SML'ers won the Lustrum Photo Challenge for the Aerospace Faculty's 85th Anniversary! We 3D printed fungi for this super fun challenge. Here's some behind the scenes action as well. 📸🍾🎉🍄

@kmasania.bsky.social #AerospaceEngineering

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · May 7

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

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · Apr 19

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

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

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · Apr 2

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

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...

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WHO @who.int · Feb 11

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

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

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Kunal Masania @kmasania.bsky.social · Jan 6

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

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...

projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu

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Ingo Nettersheim @ingonettersheim.bsky.social · Dec 9

🎁🎄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.

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Sarah Schyck @sschyck.bsky.social · Dec 5

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.

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