Sustainable Polymer Innovation Laboratory at @NorthwesternEng MSE | Account monitored by graduate students. Tweets by Prof. Chazot will be signed CACC.

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8 Aug 2025
Guess the theme of this week’s coffee hour (open the thread for a hint😉)
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8 Aug 2025
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new paper alert! here, we study how controlling the polymerization kinetics of ethyl cellulose-poly(acrylic acid) composites allows for tunable structural color. we envision our materials as a replacement for traditionally-colored plastics @SPInLabNU advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…
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30 May 2025
We’re so proud of Charmaine for presenting her work on tunable, structurally-colored films at the 2025 Undergraduate Research & Arts Exposition🪲🦋 As the spring quarter wraps up, we’d like to thank our wonderful undergrads for all of their hard work🫶 Have a great summer!
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15 May 2025
This week, SPIn Lab traveled to Italy to present our work on polysaccharide-based liquid crystals at the #EUPOC MacroLight conference🌈🔦 Thank you to the organizers and attendees for all of the great discussions!
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Grazie mille for a wonderful time in Bertinoro, Italy at #EUPOC MacroLight! Thanks for making my first conference talk such a positive experience, and I hope to see everyone again soon 🇮🇹🍫
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16 Apr 2025
Congratulations to Sara on passing her qualifying exam and master’s defense🧪🧫 We’re so proud of you!
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my first trip to Seattle for #S25MRS has been a blast so far and I'm thrilled to be presenting my work on structurally-colored alternatives to plastic tomorrow (9:15-9:30 am, SU02.08.03)
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14 Mar 2025
A quick update from the woman behind the curtain: I passed my qualifying exam and master’s defense! Happy pi day🥧
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8 Mar 2025
Earlier this week, Isabelle and Sara presented their exciting work at the @NUMRSEC Annual Meeting📈 Congrats on another successful year for NU-MRSEC!
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26 Feb 2025
Congratulations to Tianna (co-advised by @jeff_lopez12 in @LopezLabNU 🔋) on passing her qualifying exam and becoming a PhD Candidate!💐
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Congratulations to Northwestern Engineering materials scientist Cécile Chazot, who received an @ArmyResearchLab Early Career Program Award. The honor recognizes "outstanding scientists beginning their independent careers." bit.ly/4gIlqfC

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8 Nov 2024
It was so much fun meeting these students and sharing our work with them. A huge thank you to all @TrubyLab members for their thoughtful demos, & Maddie Briggs, @NehaPKamat, @simonaf1ne and @SPInLabNU for partnering with us to show off awesome work from our NU MRSEC!
The SQE Inspire Program thanks Dr. Ryan Truby @rltruby & his Robotic Matter Lab members for helping host students from Trinity High School for an exciting day meeting the scientists & seeing first hand the amazing robotic & material science research that they are doing! @TrubyLab
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31 Oct 2024
New group photo just dropped👻 Happy Halloween!
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31 Oct 2024
Baked goods on theme, of course
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28 Oct 2024
Happy Qualloween, Simona! (and shoutout to Cécile for the heavy pours🥂) Today, we’re celebrating our first student in the group passing her qualification exam, just in time for the holidays 🎃
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20 Sep 2024
With recruitment season coming up, here’s our pitch: come check out the ~sweetest~ lab group😋 * This statement has been peer reviewed by the MSSA Annual Paper Plate Awards
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