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Thrilled to share our new ACS Nano paper from @HofkensLab : “High Resolution Imaging of Nonequilibrium Colloidal Self-Assembly via Photofixation” doi.org/10.1021/acsnan… Thanks to all co-authors and collaborators! #OpticalMatter #ColloidalSelfAssembly #Photopolymerization

🚀 2nd FASTCOMET Annual Meeting has started in Strasbourg, hosted by consortium partner @aklymchenko Progress presented received very positive feedback from the Industrial Evaluation Committee. Looking forward to the discussions ahead @EUeic @HofkensLab @LizMarzan_Lab @imec_int

After years of work, persistence, and belief in an idea that once felt impossible, we’re excited to share our concept; an approach that we believe can shift the paradigm of multiphoton microscopy. If you’re curious, here you can read more about: doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Thrilled to announce that our PhD student, Ms. Merin Varghese P, received the @ACSEnergyLett Best Poster Award at the APC Conference 2025! @Chemie_iisertvm @tvmiiser @ACSPublications Congratulations @MERINVARGHESEP2👏👏

Sudipta reporting our progress on FWO project Perovskope at APC 2025 in Kochi, india. @FWOVlaanderen @SudiptaSeth5 #imaging #solar #microscopy #ScienceWithImpact

Virginia is back in Leuven, looking a bit more formal than we know her…

Whether you are an experienced researcher or just starting your PhD journey, if you are curious about superlattices, this one is for you! Happy to have contributed as a coauthor alongside an outstanding team. @HofkensLab pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Photoswitching of the Two-Photon Absorption of Donor-Acceptor Substituted Dithienylethenes by Jordi Hernando, Uwe Pischel, and co-workers (@LabPischel) #OpenAccess 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ce…

As we progress with our Fastcomet, it is time to share our new updates. This time with a cool video. A special highlight is explaining the intricacies of the topic to young students.

From 💩 to 🔬 brilliance – classic Prof. Hofkens! Incredible time at #ICP2025. Engaging talks, deep photochemistry, the best poster @DebroyeG, and plenty of laughs. Science at its most creative and collaborative! #Photochemistry #Photophysics #HofkensLab #ScienceWithImpact

At the DYNANOINT workshop in Finland earlier this week. Nice to meet Hannu Hakkinen, Stacy Copp, Cathleen Crudden and Xie JianPing.

Our project was presented at the 3rd National Meeting of the Swedish Chemical Society (SCS2025)! We’ve enjoyed some fantastic talks over the past few days in an incredible venue in Västerås!

We have a very special guest to our meeting this afternoon: insightful discussions and exchanging impressions with @FeringaLab! @HofkensLab @LabPischel

Its always a pleasure hosting Ben Feringa. This time for @4for2pathfinder. Ending with an amazing in-house BBQ and Belgian beer.

It’s that magical time of the year… time for our annual IRL meeting! @HofkensLab is in charge of the organisation this year, and our teams are starting to arrive in Neerijse 🇧🇪

@FurukawaG_Kyoto @aklymchenko No surprise!

So happy to welcome you @aklymchenko to Kyoto!! We realized we had not changed much since we met. Note to our old Leuven friends, Andrey talks as much as 20 years ago :)

My first time visit to Japan started with visit of my good old friend @FurukawaG_Kyoto, Prof. at the @iCeMS_KU_INTL. Unbelievable experience to meet brilliant colleagues, present and discuss our research and try authentic food and drinks from Kyoto! Thank you so much, Shuhei!

Interested in imaging in energy science ?🔬 Chemical & Biomedical Imaging from @AmerChemSociety invited us in a special issue on 🔬𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 ☀️ ⚡ And we made the cover ! 🎊 Work lead by @SudiptaSeth5, in @HofkensLab, Martin Vacha lab

Happy to present our current research on "High-Resolution Imaging of Non-Equilibrium Colloidal Self-Assembly by Photo-Fixation" at FOM 2025! Great opportunity to connect with researchers from diverse fields and explore exciting science. Also enjoying a wonderful visit to Taipei!

🔬 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 – 𝐃𝐚𝐲 #𝟏 🔬 Exciting times in Susana Rocha and @HofkensLab Lab ! We're restarting to build microscopes, and I decided to guide two PhD students through the process. #Microscopy #optics #SciComm #sts