We can use ice-templating to prepare porous and dense materials, which is really neat. We also spent a good amount of time and efforts to measure and understand the mechanical and functional properties of these materials. We also investigated a few possible applications of these materials.

Publications

1. Klotz, M., Amirouche, I., Guizard, C., Viazzi, C. & Deville, S. Ice Templating-An Alternative Technology to Produce Micromonoliths. Adv. Eng. Mater. 14, 1123–1127 (2012).
2. Czapski, M. et al. Porous silicon carbide and aluminum oxide with unidirectional open porosity as model target materials for radioisotope beam production. Nucl. Instruments. Methods. Phys. Res. Sect. B. 317, 385–388 (2013).
3. Czapski, M. et al. Advanced SiC and Al2O3 with unidirectional open porosity as new prototype target materials for radioisotope beam production. in 11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators, AccApp 2013 296–298 (2013).
4. Bouville, F. et al. Templated Grain Growth in Macroporous Materials. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 97, 1736–1742 (2014).
5. Deville, S., Meille, S. & Seuba, J. A meta-analysis of the mechanical properties of ice-templated ceramics and metals. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 16, 43501 (2015).
6. Seuba, J., Deville, S., Guizard, C. & Stevenson, A. J. Gas permeability of ice-templated, unidirectional porous ceramics. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 17, 313–323 (2016).
7. Seuba, J., Deville, S., Guizard, C. & Stevenson, A. J. The effect of wall thickness distribution on mechanical reliability and strength in unidirectional porous ceramics. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 17, 128–135 (2016).
8. Seuba, J., Deville, S., Guizard, C. & Stevenson, A. J. Mechanical properties and failure behavior of unidirectional porous ceramics. Sci. Rep. 6, 24326 (2016).
9. Seuba, J. et al. Fabrication of ice-templated tubes by rotational freezing: Microstructure, strength, and permeability. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 37, 2423–2429 (2017).