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