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