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