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