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