Some images from our science

Ice templated alumina

Confocal microscopy of frozen stuff

Frozen emulsion observed by confocal microscopy

Dried colloidal structures

Silica fiber sittting on a glass slide

Frozen colloids

Freezing emulsion, confocal microscopy

Frozen colloids

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

Boron Nitride platelets

Vacancies in a tiny colloidal crystal

Oil droplets interacting with growing ice crystals

Ice-templated alumina

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

Crack deviation in our bioinspired ceramic

Ice templated alumina

The beautiful nacre of the abalone shell.

Inside the confocal

Tiny heart in a colloidal suspension

Ice templated alumina

Particle tracking gone artistic

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

Ceramic grain

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

Frozen emulsion

Plateau borders of a foam

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

Frozen colloids

Ice-templated feature

Condensation droplets

Colloids after drying, observed by confocal microscopy

Ice-templated feature

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

Ice templated alumina

Ice-templated alumina

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

Microfluidics and laser

Solidification microstructure seen by confocal microscopy

Ice-templated alumina with facetted pores

3D view of ice crystals by X-rays tomoraphy

Atomic force microscopy of surface uplift in zirconia

Bubble in a colloidal suspension

Emulsions observed by confocal microscopy

Ice-templated feature

Dried colloids

Drying pattern of a colloidal suspension (confocal microscopy)
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