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