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