Some images from our science

Frozen colloids

Crack deviation in our bioinspired ceramic

Ice-templated alumina

Condensation droplets

Boron Nitride platelets

The nacre in the abalone is growing layer by layer. We don’t have the time to do that.

Solidification microstructure seen by confocal microscopy

Particle tracking gone artistic

Inside the confocal

Atomic force microscopy of surface uplift in zirconia

Crack path in the synthetic nacre. The crack is deflected at every platelet, dissipating a lot of energy. © Florian Bouville

The beautiful nacre of the abalone shell.

3D view of ice crystals by X-rays tomoraphy

Ice-templated feature

Ceramic grain

Frozen colloids

Ice-templated feature

Plateau borders of a foam

Dried colloids

Ice templated alumina

Ice templated alumina

Emulsions observed by confocal microscopy

Frozen emulsion observed by confocal microscopy

Drying pattern of a colloidal suspension (confocal microscopy)

Tiny heart in a colloidal suspension

Oil droplets interacting with growing ice crystals

Confocal microscopy of frozen stuff

Molecular dynamics model of the particles being moved around by the freezing interface

Ice crystals growing in a colloidal suspension, observed by X-ray computed tomography.

Microfluidics and laser

Silica fiber sittting on a glass slide

Ice-templated alumina

Frozen emulsion

Dried colloidal structures

Colloids after drying, observed by confocal microscopy

Bubble in a colloidal suspension

Vacancies in a tiny colloidal crystal

Freezing emulsion, confocal microscopy

Frozen colloids

Ice templated alumina

Ice templated alumina

Freezing under flow. The imprints of the crystals are all more or less parallel.

Ice-templated alumina with facetted pores

The brick and mortar structure of the abalone shell. The protein layer, between the platelets, can clearly be observed here.

Ice-templated feature

Close-up view of the nacre platelets. Their surface is rough, providing friction when they slide over each other.
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