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