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