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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · 1d

And of course our amazing grad students who revived this show in 2024!

Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · 1d

1990's images with Eberhard Zwergel!

Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · 1d

1940's with L. Carroll King!

Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · 1d

🎃 The #NUChemistry Halloween Demo Show is back!

A tradition dating to the 1940s, revived by our amazing grad students—for the 2nd year in a row! 👩‍🔬🧪

📅 Oct. 30 | 🕕 6–7 PM | 📍 Tech LR3
👻 Costumes encouraged + prizes!
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4nrwYIa

Great historical photos in comments!

#HalloweenShow

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · 3d

Show your NU Chemistry pride! 💜🧪

The Fall Merch Shop is open through Oct 24—with fan favorites and new fall styles.

🎁 Perfect holiday gifts for Wildcats everywhere!

👉 bit.ly/NUChemMerch

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · 5d

🚀 Tomorrow’s technology starts at #NUChemistry

Prof. Teri Odom is exploring #polaritons — hybrid carriers made of light and matter — that could transform secure, energy-efficient #communication.
#NUChemImpact #ResearchImpact

magazine.northwestern.edu/features/res...

Vital Research

Feinberg School of Medicine professor Jeffrey Savas has been funded by a U.S. Department of Defense grant to advance his work in hearing loss; circadian rhythm expert Fred Turek at the Weinberg Colleg...

magazine.northwestern.edu

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled to see Farha Group member Duaa Ansari’s stunning science imagery featured in 'Nautilus' for her submission to the NUANCE “Art of Science” contest! 🧪🎨
#Chemistry #Art @omarfarha.bsky.social

🔗 nautil.us/a-nano-sized...

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · 14d

Congrats Courtney Smoljan on being named 'Distinguished Graduate Researcher; by NU Chemical and Biological Engineering!

Her work shows how the collaborative spirit at #Northwestern — between omarfarha.bsky.social and randallsnurr.bsky.social — drives innovation.

#GradExcellence #NUChemistry

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Christian Malapit @camalapit.bsky.social · 20d

Truly honored to have Phil Baran visit us for the Bender Lecture Series at Northwestern.

Two inspiring talks and many fun stories. ⚡️
@nuchemistry.bsky.social

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 Medical imaging just got a #perovskite upgrade.

Mercouri Kanatzidis + team built the first perovskite detector for SPECT scans.

“Perovskites revolutionized solar energy—now they could do the same for nuclear medicine.” – Kanatzidis #MedicalImaging #NUChemistry #ResearchImpact

bit.ly/4641qBX

First ‘perovskite camera’ can see inside the human body

New detector promises to lower the cost and increase the quality of nuclear medicine

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International Institute for Nanotechnology @iinanonu.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations to Guanyu Lu, inaugural Fraser Stoddart Fellow in the Dayne Swearer Group, on his first lead-author paper in ACS Nano.

A milestone for both Guanyu and the fellowship.

Read the full paper: bit.ly/4gfgtvS

@dayneswearer.bsky.social
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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 2

✨ New from Roel Tempelaar's team in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters: exploring how circularly polarized molecular vibrations could one day store and control info at the nanoscale. #Theory #Chemistry (@pubs.acs.org)

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Optically Addressing Circularly Polarized Vibrations in Molecules

Circularly polarized (CP) vibrations are the nuclear-motion analog of CP light, emerging in molecules with non-Abelian point-group symmetry that support orthogonal and degenerate vibrational normal mo...

pubs.acs.org

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · Sep 1

Today we honor the staff whose dedication powers every experiment, every collaboration, and every breakthrough at #NUChemistry. Your hard work makes innovation possible. #LaborDay #TeamScience

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 31

New research from @tempelaarteam.bsky.social!

Tempelaar Team @tempelaarteam.bsky.social · Aug 29

Team member Chientzu Lin shows how circularly-polarized nuclear vibrations in molecules can absorb and sustain angular-momentum-like states from optical fields. Just out in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters @pubs.acs.org.

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pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Optically Addressing Circularly Polarized Vibrations in Molecules

Circularly polarized (CP) vibrations are the nuclear-motion analog of CP light, emerging in molecules with non-Abelian point-group symmetry that support orthogonal and degenerate vibrational normal mo...

pubs.acs.org

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 21

🎉 Congrats to Songi Han named the Mrs. Urmila Agrawal IISc Distinguished Visiting Chair Professor! This professorship honors women leading frontier research in science & engineering. #WomeninSTEM #FacultyExcellence

🔗 odaa.iisc.ac.in/urmila-agraw...

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 20

@omarfarha.bsky.social | @shustovalab.bsky.social | @uclacb.bsky.social @nlkproteomics.bsky.social | @acs.org

Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks to all who celebrated our department chair, Omar Farha, at the Inorganic Nanoscience Award Symposium yesterday. A fantastic showcase of chemistry! #ACSFall2025 #NUChemistry

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 18

Tuesday at #ACSFall2025 (Pt 4)

Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 18

Tuesday at #ACSFall2025 (Pt 3)

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 18

Tuesday at #ACSFall2025 (Pt. 2)

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Northwestern Chemistry @nuchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 18

Tuesday at #ACSFall2025! 🔬

Don’t miss the Inorganic Nanoscience Award Symposium honoring @omarfarha.bsky.social + sessions on:
✨ Plasmonic alloys (@dayneswearer.bsky.social‬)
✨ Covalent organic frameworks (@dichtel.bsky.social‬)
✨ DNA nanostructures (@iinanonu.bsky.social‬)

Details below 💜👇