Dynamics of microfluidic droplets

CN Baroud, F Gallaire, R Dangla - Lab on a Chip, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review discusses the current understanding of the formation, transport, and
merging of drops in microfluidics. We focus on the physical ingredients which determine the …

A critical review of the growth, drainage and collapse of foams

J Wang, AV Nguyen, S Farrokhpay - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2016 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the current knowledge regarding (i) the mechanisms governing
foamability and foam stability, and (ii) models for the foam column kinetics. Although different …

Unusually stable liquid foams

E Rio, W Drenckhan, A Salonen, D Langevin - Advances in colloid and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Obtaining stable liquid foams is an important issue in view of their numerous applications. In
some of these, the liquid foam in itself is of interest, in others, the liquid foam acts as a …

[BOOK][B] Foam engineering: fundamentals and applications

P Stevenson - 2012 - books.google.com
Containing contributions from leading academic and industrial researchers, this book
provides a much needed update of foam science research. The first section of the book …

Physical chemistry in foam drainage and coarsening

A Saint-Jalmes - Soft Matter, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
This review covers recent advances in the study of foam drainage and coarsening, focusing
especially on the effective role of the foam chemical components on those aging processes …

Flow in foams and flowing foams

S Cohen-Addad, R Höhler… - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Aqueous foams are complex fluids composed of gas bubbles tightly packed in a surfactant
solution. Even though they generally consist only of Newtonian fluids, foam flow obeys …

A lightweight, biodegradable, and recyclable cellulose-based bio-foam with good mechanical strength and water stability

J Liao, P Luan, Y Zhang, L Chen, L Huang, L Mo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Foam materials have been widely used in a variety of applications. However, plastic foams
pose a particularly complex problem to environment because they almost cannot be …

Surfactant-driven flow transitions in evaporating droplets

A Marin, R Liepelt, M Rossi, CJ Kähler - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
An evaporating droplet is a dynamic system in which flow is spontaneously generated to
minimize the surface energy, dragging particles to the borders and ultimately resulting in the …

Surface shear inviscidity of soluble surfactants

ZA Zell, A Nowbahar, V Mansard… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Foam and emulsion stability has long been believed to correlate with the surface shear
viscosity of the surfactant used to stabilize them. Many subtleties arise in interpreting surface …

Foam drainage in the presence of nanoparticle− surfactant mixtures

F Carn, A Colin, O Pitois, M Vignes-Adler, R Backov - Langmuir, 2009 - ACS Publications
The drainage of SiO2 nanoparticle− cationic surfactant (TTAB) mixtures through calibrated
aqueous foams had been studied by combining several approaches on both the …