Some images from our science
Ice templated alumina
Ice-templated alumina
Bubble in a colloidal suspension
The nacre in the abalone is growing layer by layer. We don’t have the time to do that.
Frozen colloids
Ice-templated feature
Ice templated alumina
Frozen emulsion
Molecular dynamics model of the particles being moved around by the freezing interface
Close-up view of the nacre platelets. Their surface is rough, providing friction when they slide over each other.
Emulsions observed by confocal microscopy
Colloids after drying, observed by confocal microscopy
Particle tracking gone artistic
Silica fiber sittting on a glass slide
Crack deviation in our bioinspired ceramic
Boron Nitride platelets
Dried colloids
Solidification microstructure seen by confocal microscopy
Colloids after drying, observed by confocal microscopy
Ice-templated feature
The brick and mortar structure of the abalone shell. The protein layer, between the platelets, can clearly be observed here.
The beautiful nacre of the abalone shell.
Ice-templated alumina
Atomic force microscopy of surface uplift in zirconia
Ice-templated feature
Ice-templated alumina with facetted pores
Inside the confocal
Ice templated alumina
Colloids after drying, observed by confocal microscopy
Ice templated alumina
Dried colloidal structures
Frozen colloids
Frozen colloids
Ceramic grain
Vacancies in a tiny colloidal crystal
Freezing under flow. The imprints of the crystals are all more or less parallel.
3D view of ice crystals by X-rays tomoraphy
Ice crystals growing in a colloidal suspension, observed by X-ray computed tomography.
Tiny hear in a colloidal suspension
Condensation droplets
Crack path in the synthetic nacre. The crack is deflected at every platelet, dissipating a lot of energy. © Florian Bouville
Frozen emulsion observed by confocal microscopy
