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