@article{pelosse_success_2024, title = {Success and failure of the spreading law for large drops of dense granular suspensions}, volume = {997}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {0022-1120, 1469-7645}, url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/article/success-and-failure-of-the-spreading-law-for-large-drops-of-dense-granular-suspensions/917AE0E40B75BF7DB925DB3D27A6C6D0}, doi = {10.1017/jfm.2024.568}, abstract = {, The spreading of large viscous drops of density-matched suspensions of non-Brownian spheres on a smooth solid surface is investigated experimentally at the global drop scale. The focus is on dense suspensions with a solid volume fraction equal to or greater than 40\%40\%40{\textbackslash},{\textbackslash}\%, and for drops larger than the capillary length, i.e. for which the spreading is governed by the balance of gravitational and viscous forces. Our findings indicate that all liquids exhibit a power-law behaviour typical of gravity-driven dynamics, albeit with an effective suspension viscosity that is smaller than the bulk value. When the height of the drop is of the order of the particle size, the power law breaks down as the particles freeze while the contact line continues to advance.}, language = {en}, urldate = {2024-10-22}, journal = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, author = {Pelosse, Alice and Guazzelli, Élisabeth and Roché, Matthieu}, month = oct, year = {2024}, pages = {A64}, } @article{blaiset_granular_2024, title = {Granular aqueous suspensions with controlled interparticular friction and adhesion}, volume = {20}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {1744-6848}, url = {https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/sm/d4sm00381k}, doi = {10.1039/D4SM00381K}, abstract = {We present a simple route to obtain large quantities of suspensions of non-Brownian particles with stimuli-responsive surface properties to study the relation between their flow and interparticle interactions. We perform an alkaline hydrolysis reaction on poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) particles to obtain poly(sodium methacrylate) (PMAA–Na) particles. We characterize the quasi-static macroscopic frictional response of their aqueous suspensions using a rotating drum. The suspensions are frictionless when the particles are dispersed in pure water. We relate this state to the presence of electrosteric repulsion between the charged surfaces of the ionized PMAA–Na particles in water. Then we add monovalent and multivalent ions (Na+, Ca2+, La3+) and we observe that the suspensions become frictional whatever the valency. For divalent and trivalent ions, the quasi-static avalanche angle θc at large ionic strength is greater than that of frictional PMMA particles in water, suggesting the presence of adhesion. Finally, a decrease in the pH of the suspending solution leads to a transition between a frictionless plateau and a frictional one. We perform atomic force microscopy (AFM) to relate our macroscopic observations to the surface features of the particles. In particular, we show that the increase in friction in the presence of multivalent ions or under acidic conditions is driven by a nanoscopic phase separation and the bundling of polyelectrolyte chains at the surface of the particle. Our results highlight the importance of surface interactions in the rheology of granular suspensions. Our particles provide a simple, yet flexible platform to study frictional suspension flows.}, language = {en}, number = {27}, urldate = {2024-07-24}, journal = {Soft Matter}, author = {Blaiset, Lily and Bresson, Bruno and Olanier, Ludovic and Guazzelli, Élisabeth and Roché, Matthieu and Sanson, Nicolas}, month = jul, year = {2024}, note = {Publisher: The Royal Society of Chemistry}, pages = {5447--5455}, } @article{roche_complexity_2024, title = {Complexity in {Wetting} {Dynamics}}, volume = {40}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, doi = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03292}, abstract = {The spreading dynamics of a droplet of pure liquid deposited on a rigid, nonsoluble substrate has been extensively investigated. In a purely hydrodynamic description, the dynamics of the contact line is determined by a balance between the energy associated with the capillary driving force and the energy dissipated by the viscous shear in the liquid. This balance is expressed by the Cox-Voinov law, which relates the spreading velocity to the contact angle. More recently, complex situations have been examined in which dissipation and/or the driving force may be strongly modified, leading to sometimes spectacular changes in wetting dynamics. We review recent examples of effects at the origin of deviations from the hydrodynamic model, which may involve physical or chemical modifications of the substrate or of the wetting liquid, occurring at scales ranging from the molecular to the mesoscopic.}, language = {en}, journal = {Langmuir}, author = {Roché, Matthieu and Talini, Laurence and Verneuil, Emilie}, year = {2024}, pages = {2830--2848}, } @article{menesses_surfactant-free_2019, title = {Surfactant-free persistence of surface bubbles in a volatile liquid}, volume = {4}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.100506}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.100506}, abstract = {This paper is associated with a video winner of a 2018 APS/DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion Award for work presented at the DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion. The original video is available online at the Gallery of Fluid Motion, https://doi.org/10.1103/APS.DFD.2018.GFM.V0057., This article appears in the following collection:}, number = {10}, journal = {Physical Review Fluids}, author = {Menesses, Mark and Roché, Matthieu and Royon, Laurent and Bird, James C.}, year = {2019}, pages = {100506}, } @article{oleron_morphology_2024, title = {Morphology and stability of droplets sliding on soft viscoelastic substrates}, volume = {20}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, doi = {10.1039/d3sm01197f}, language = {en}, journal = {Soft Matter}, author = {Oléron, Mathieu and Limat, Laurent and Dervaux, Julien and Roché, Matthieu}, year = {2024}, pages = {762--772}, } @article{masurel_elastocapillary_2019, title = {Elastocapillary {Ridge} as a {Noninteger} {Disclination}}, volume = {122}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {0031-9007, 1079-7114}, url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.248004}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.248004}, language = {en}, number = {24}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, author = {Masurel, Robin and Roché, Matthieu and Limat, Laurent and Ionescu, Ioan and Dervaux, Julien}, year = {2019}, pages = {248004}, } @article{zhao_spreading_2020, title = {Spreading of granular suspensions on a solid surface}, volume = {2}, url = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.022031}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.022031}, abstract = {We examine the spreading of a suspension of non-Brownian spheres suspended in a Newtonian liquid on a solid substrate. We show that the spreading dynamics is well described by the classical Cox-Voinov law provided the value of the fluid viscosity that arises in the capillary number of the problem is adjusted to a value that depends on particle size and volume fraction in a nontrivial way. We demonstrate that this behavior is a signature of the ability of the particles to approach the contact line close enough to affect dissipation.}, number = {2}, urldate = {2020-05-06}, journal = {Physical Review Research}, author = {Zhao, Menghua and Oléron, Mathieu and Pelosse, Alice and Limat, Laurent and Guazzelli, Élisabeth and Roché, Matthieu}, year = {2020}, note = {Publisher: American Physical Society}, pages = {022031}, } @article{zhao_growth_2017, title = {Growth and relaxation of a ridge on a soft poroelastic substrate}, volume = {14}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, doi = {10.1039/C7SM01757J}, abstract = {Capillary forces at the triple line of sessile liquid drops deform soft porous gels and leave long-lived footprints following drop removal.}, number = {1}, journal = {Soft Matter}, author = {Zhao, Menghua and Lequeux, François and Narita, Tetsuharu and Roché, Matthieu and Limat, Laurent and Dervaux, Julien}, year = {2017}, pages = {61--72}, } @article{zhao_geometrical_2018, title = {Geometrical control of dissipation during the spreading of liquids on soft solids}, volume = {115}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1712562115}, journal = {Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.}, author = {Zhao, Menghua and Dervaux, Julien and Narita, Tetsuharu and Lequeux, François and Limat, Laurent and Roché, Matthieu}, year = {2018}, pages = {1748--1753}, } @article{pelosse_probing_2023, title = {Probing dissipation in spreading drops with granular suspensions}, volume = {955}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {0022-1120, 1469-7645}, url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/article/probing-dissipation-in-spreading-drops-with-granular-suspensions/E6B3D4DCA74D19ADB750DE4B317C8F86}, doi = {10.1017/jfm.2022.1034}, abstract = {, In this paper, we study the spreading of droplets of density-matched granular suspensions on the surface of a solid. Bidispersity of the particle size distribution enriches the conclusions drawn from monodisperse experiments by highlighting key elements of the wetting dynamics. In all cases, the relation between the dynamic contact angle and the velocity of the contact line is similar to that for a simple fluid, despite the complexity introduced by the presence of particles. We extract from this relation an apparent wetting viscosity of the suspensions that differs from that measured in the bulk. Dimensional analysis supported by experimental measurements yields an estimate of the size of the region inside the droplet where the value of the dynamic contact angle depends on a balance of viscous dissipation and capillary stresses. How particle size compares with this viscous cut-off length seems crucial in determining the value of the apparent wetting viscosity. With bimodal blends, the particle size ratio can be used to show the effects of the local structure and volume fraction at the contact line, both impacting the value of the corresponding wetting viscosity.}, language = {en}, urldate = {2023-03-09}, journal = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, author = {Pelosse, Alice and Guazzelli, Élisabeth and Roché, Matthieu}, month = jan, year = {2023}, note = {Publisher: Cambridge University Press}, pages = {A7}, } @article{usma_fluorescent_2022, title = {Fluorescent {Marangoni} {Flows} under {Quasi}-{Steady} {Conditions}}, volume = {38}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {0743-7463}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00619}, doi = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00619}, abstract = {Marangoni flow is among the most intriguing effects in complex fluids and interfacial science. We report here on a fluorescent surfactant that enables to monitor Marangoni flows under quasi-steady conditions, without the need of invasive tracers. The Marangoni zone is clearly visible, and its dynamics can be quantitatively probed both at the air–water interface and within the bulk. In particular, we show that the Marangoni zone exhibits unexpected dependencies with the container size and water depth with the pyrene-tailed surfactant. Additionally, recirculation flows are evidenced by fluorescence near the bottom of the container. This fluorescent probe may find other useful applications in deciphering the complexity of the ubiquitous Marangoni effect.}, number = {30}, urldate = {2022-09-09}, journal = {Langmuir}, author = {Usma, Cesar L. and Mariot, Sandrine and Goldmann, Claire and Roché, Matthieu and Salonen, Anniina and Tresset, Guillaume}, month = aug, year = {2022}, note = {Publisher: American Chemical Society}, pages = {9129--9135}, } @article{champougny_life_2016, title = {Life and death of not so “bare” bubbles}, volume = {12}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {1744-683X}, url = {http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C6SM00178E}, doi = {10.1039/C6SM00178E}, journal = {Soft Matter}, author = {Champougny, Lorène and Roché, Matthieu and Drenckhan, Wiebke and Rio, Emmanuelle}, year = {2016}, pages = {5276--5284}, } @article{roche_effect_2009, title = {Effect of surface tension variations on the pinch-off behavior of small fluid drops in the presence of surfactants}, volume = {103}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, shorttitle = {Phys. {Rev}. {Lett}.}, abstract = {It is shown experimentally that surfactants can change the thinning rate of fluid necks undergoing rupture. In the case of two-fluid pinch-off, two or three linear regimes are observed for the variation of the neck radius versus time. The surface tension in the neck region changes with time, as a result of surfactant depletion. Similar results are obtained for the case of a single fluid pinching in air. The depletion of surfactant can be either partial or complete depending on the rate of transport of the surfactant from the bulk to the surface.}, number = {26}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, author = {Roché, M. and Aytouna, M. and Bonn, D. and Kellay, H.}, year = {2009}, pages = {264501}, } @phdthesis{roche_rupture_2008, type = {{PhD} {Thesis}}, title = {Rupture d'interfaces en présence d'agents de surface}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, school = {Université Bordeaux 1}, author = {Roché, Matthieu}, year = {2008}, } @article{roche_dynamic_2012, title = {Dynamic fracture of non-glassy suspensions}, volume = {110}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, author = {Roché, Matthieu and Myftiu, Eglind and Johnston, Mitchell C and Kim, Pilnam and Stone, Howard A}, year = {2012}, pages = {148304}, } @article{roche_pinch-off_2011, title = {Pinch-off in the presence of surface-active polymers}, volume = {95}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, number = {5}, journal = {EPL}, author = {Roché, M. and Kellay, H.}, year = {2011}, pages = {54003}, } @article{roche_heterogeneity_2011, title = {Heterogeneity and the role of normal stresses during the extensional thinning of non-{Brownian} shear-thickening fluids}, volume = {107}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, url = {https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.134503}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.134503}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, author = {Roché, Matthieu and Kellay, Hamid and Stone, Howard A}, year = {2011}, pages = {134503}, } @patent{roche_rapid_2020, title = {Rapid characterization of the solubility of amphiphiles}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, nationality = {USA}, assignee = {THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princton, NJ) CNRS-CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris, FR) UNIVERSITE DE RENNES I (Rennes, FR) CHANCELLOR, MASTERS \& SCHOLARS OF UNIV. OF OXFORD (Oxford, GB)}, number = {10,564,084}, author = {Roché, Matthieu and Stone, Howard A. and Cantat, Isabelle and Saint-Jalmes, Arnaud and Griffiths, Ian M. and Le Roux, Sebastien and Li, Zhen Zhen}, year = {2020}, } @article{bridonneau_self-assembly_2020, title = {Self-{Assembly} of {Nanoparticles} from {Evaporating} {Sessile} {Droplets}: {Fresh} {Look} into the {Role} of {Particle}/{Substrate} {Interaction}}, volume = {36}, issn = {0743-7463}, shorttitle = {Self-{Assembly} of {Nanoparticles} from {Evaporating} {Sessile} {Droplets}}, url = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01546}, doi = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01546}, abstract = {We studied the dependence of solid deposit shape obtained by free drying of sessile drops on particle concentration and Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (DLVO) particle/substrate interaction. In contrast to previous contributions using pH as a control parameter of interactions, we investigated an unprecedentedly wide range of concentrations and particle/substrate DLVO forces by modifying the nature of the substrate and particles as well as their size and surface chemistry, whereas long-distance repulsive interactions between particles were maintained for most of the drying time. Our main result is that the different shapes of deposits obtained by modifying the particle concentration are the same in the different regimes of concentration regardless of particle/substrate interaction in the studied range of DLVO forces and particle concentrations. The second result is that, contrary to expectations, the dominant morphology of dry patterns at low particle concentration always shows a dotlike pattern for all the studied systems.}, number = {39}, urldate = {2020-10-06}, journal = {Langmuir}, author = {Bridonneau, N. and Zhao, M. and Battaglini, N. and Mattana, G. and Thévenet, V. and Noël, V. and Roché, M. and Zrig, S. and Carn, F.}, month = oct, year = {2020}, note = {Publisher: American Chemical Society; http://web.archive.org/web/20201006144151/https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01546}, pages = {11411--11421}, } @article{gaillard_viscoelastic_2019, title = {Viscoelastic liquid curtains: experimental results on the flow of a falling sheet of polymer solution}, volume = {873}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {0022-1120, 1469-7645}, shorttitle = {Viscoelastic liquid curtains}, url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022112019003896/type/journal_article}, doi = {10.1017/jfm.2019.389}, urldate = {2019-06-27}, journal = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, author = {Gaillard, A. and Roché, M. and Lerouge, S. and Gay, C. and Lebon, L. and Limat, L.}, year = {2019}, pages = {358--409}, } @article{dervaux_nonlinear_2020, title = {Nonlinear theory of wetting on deformable substrates}, volume = {16}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, doi = {10.1039/d0sm00395f}, journal = {Soft Matter}, author = {Dervaux, Julien and Roché, Matthieu and Limat, Laurent}, year = {2020}, pages = {5157--5176}, } @article{roche_marangoni_2014, title = {Marangoni flow of soluble amphiphiles}, volume = {112}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {10797114}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.208302}, abstract = {Surfactant distribution heterogeneities at a fluid-fluid interface trigger the Marangoni effect, i.e., a bulk flow due to a surface tension gradient. The influence of surfactant solubility in the bulk on these flows remains incompletely characterized. Here we study Marangoni flows sustained by injection of hydrosoluble surfactants at the air-water interface. We show that these flows have a finite size that increases with a decrease of the critical micelle concentration of the surfactants. We document the universality of the surface velocity field of these finite flows and predict scaling laws based on hydrodynamics and surfactant physical chemistry that capture the flow features. © 2014 American Physical Society.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, author = {Roché, M. and Li, Z. and Griffiths, I.M. and Le Roux, S. and Cantat, I. and Saint-Jalmes, A. and Stone, H.A.}, year = {2014}, note = {Citation Key Alias: roche2014a}, pages = {208302}, } @article{engl_droplet_2005, title = {Droplet traffic at a simple junction at low capillary numbers}, volume = {95}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {0031-9007}, shorttitle = {Phys. {Rev}. {Lett}.}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.208304}, abstract = {We report that, when a train of confined droplets flowing through a channel reaches a junction, the droplets either are alternately distributed between the different outlets or all collect into the shortest one. We argue that this behavior is due to the hydrodynamic feedback of droplets in the different outlets on the selection process occurring at the junction. A “mean field” model, yielding semiquantitative results, offers a first guide to predict droplet traffic in branched networks.}, number = {20}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, author = {Engl, Wilfried and Roché, Matthieu and Colin, Annie and Panizza, Pascal and Ajdari, Armand}, year = {2005}, pages = {208304}, } @article{sessoms_droplet_2009, title = {Droplet motion in microfluidic networks: {Hydrodynamic} interactions and pressure-drop measurements}, volume = {80}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {1539-3755}, shorttitle = {Phys. {Rev}. {E}}, url = {http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.016317}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.80.016317}, abstract = {We present experimental, numerical, and theoretical studies of droplet flows in hydrodynamic networks. Using both millifluidic and microfluidic devices, we study the partitioning of monodisperse droplets in an asymmetric loop. In both cases, we show that droplet traffic results from the hydrodynamic feedback due to the presence of droplets in the outlet channels. We develop a recently-introduced phenomenological model [W. Engl et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 208304 (2005)] and successfully confront its predictions to our experimental results. This approach offers a simple way to measure the excess hydrodynamic resistance of a channel filled with droplets. We discuss the traffic behavior and the variations in the corresponding hydrodynamic resistance length Ld and of the droplet mobility β, as a function of droplet interdistance and confinement for channels having circular or rectangular cross sections.}, number = {1}, journal = {Phys. Rev. E}, author = {Sessoms, D. A. and Belloul, M. and Engl, W. and Roché, M. and Courbin, L. and Panizza, P.}, year = {2009}, pages = {016317}, } @article{roche_spreading_2013, title = {The spreading of hydrosoluble surfactants on water}, volume = {25}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, doi = {10.1063/1.4820036}, number = {9}, journal = {Phys. Fluids}, author = {Roché, Matthieu and Li, Zhenzhen and Griffiths, Ian M. and Saint-Jalmes, Arnaud and Stone, Howard A.}, year = {2013}, pages = {091108}, } @article{lucantonio_buckling_2014, title = {Buckling dynamics of a solvent-stimulated stretched elastomeric sheet}, volume = {10}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, abstract = {When stretched uniaxially, a thin elastic sheet may exhibit buckling. The occurrence of buckling depends on the geometrical properties of the sheet and the magnitude of the applied strain. Here we show that an elastomeric sheet initially stable under uniaxial stretching can destabilize when exposed to a solvent that swells the elastomer. We demonstrate experimentally and computationally that the features of the buckling pattern depend on the magnitude of stretching, and this observation offers a new way for controlling the shape of a swollen homogeneous thin sheet.}, journal = {Soft Matter}, author = {Lucantonio, Alessandro and Roché, Matthieu and Nardinocchi, Paola and Stone, Howard A}, year = {2014}, pages = {2800--2804}, } @article{le_roux_soluble_2016, title = {Soluble surfactant spreading : {How} the amphiphilicity sets the {Marangoni} hydrodynamics}, volume = {93}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.93.013107}, journal = {Phys. Rev. E}, author = {Le Roux, Sébastien and Roché, Matthieu and Cantat, Isabelle and Saint-Jalmes, Arnaud}, year = {2016}, pages = {013107}, } @article{jimenez_towards_2011, title = {Towards high throughput production of artificial egg oocytes using microfluidics.}, volume = {11}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, abstract = {The production of micron-size droplets using microfluidic tools offers new opportunities to carry out biological assays in a controlled environment. We apply these strategies by using a flow-focusing microfluidic device to encapsulate Xenopus egg extracts, a biological system recapitulating key events of eukaryotic cell functions in vitro. We present a method to generate monodisperse egg extract-in-oil droplets and use high-speed imaging to characterize the droplet pinch-off dynamics leading to the production of trains of droplets. We use fluorescence microscopy to show that our method does not affect the biological activity of the encapsulated egg extract by observing the self-organization of microtubules and actin filaments, two main biopolymers of the cell cytoskeleton, encapsulated in the produced droplets. We anticipate that this assay might be useful for quantitative studies of biological systems in a confined environment as well as high throughput screenings for drug discovery.}, journal = {Lab Chip}, author = {Jimenez, A. M. and Roché, M. and Pinot, M. and Panizza, P. and Courbin, L. and Gueroui, Z.}, year = {2011}, pmid = {21072407}, pages = {429--434}, } @article{holmes_bending_2011, title = {Bending and twisting of soft materials by non-homogenous swelling}, volume = {7}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, journal = {Soft Matter}, author = {Holmes, Douglas P. and Roché, Matthieu and Sinha, Tarun and Stone, Howard A.}, year = {2011}, pages = {5188--5193}, } @article{gaillard_stable_2015, title = {Stable {Freestanding} {Thin} {Films} of {Copolymer} {Melts} {Far} from the {Glass} {Transition}}, volume = {4}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00535}, doi = {10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00535}, journal = {ACS Macro Lett.}, author = {Gaillard, Thibaut and Poulard, Christophe and Voisin, Thomas and Honorez, Clément and Davidson, Patrick and Drenckhan, Wiebke and Roché, Matthieu}, year = {2015}, pages = {1144--1148}, } @article{gaillard_controlled_2017, title = {Controlled foam generation using cyclic diphasic flows through a constriction}, volume = {96}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, doi = {10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2017.02.009}, abstract = {Numerous industrial and academic applications of liquid foams require a fine control over their bubble size distribution and their liquid content. A particular challenge remains the generation of foams with very small bubbles and low liquid content. A simple technique which fulfils these different criteria, the “double-syringe technique”, has been exploited for decades in hospital applications. In this technique, the foaming liquid and gas are pushed repeatedly back and forth through the constriction that connects two syringes. After having motorised the technique we investigate here the influence of the different processing conditions on the obtained foam properties in a quantitative manner. We show that this technique is unique in producing foams with the same characteristic bubble size distributions over a wide range of processing conditions (tubing, fluid velocities,{\textbackslash}ldots), making it an ideal tool for controlled foam generation. In contrast to other techniques, the liquid fraction in the double-syringe technique can be varied without impacting the bubble size distribution. Using high-speed imaging we show that bubbles are dispersed in the aqueous phase at two different places in the device via a hitherto unreported fragmentation mechanism. We put in evidence that the obtained bubble size distributions are largely independent of most processing parameters with the exception of the geometry of the constriction and the foam formulation. We put forward a first analysis of the non-dimensional numbers of the flow and compare our results with bubbles size distributions obtained from fragmentation processes. Future work on simplified model systems is required to explain the observed mechanisms.}, journal = {Int. J. Multiph. Flow}, author = {Gaillard, T. and Roché, M. and Honorez, C. and Jumeau, M. and Balan, A. and Jedrzejczyk, C. and Drenckhan, W.}, year = {2017}, pages = {173--187}, } @article{feng_nanoemulsions_2014, title = {Nanoemulsions obtained via bubble-bursting at a compound interface}, volume = {10}, copyright = {All rights reserved}, issn = {1745-2473}, url = {http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nphys3003}, doi = {10.1038/nphys3003}, number = {8}, journal = {Nat. Phys.}, author = {Feng, Jie and Roché, Matthieu and Vigolo, Daniele and Arnaudov, Luben N. and Stoyanov, Simeon D. and Gurkov, Theodor D. and Tsutsumanova, Gichka G. and Stone, Howard a.}, year = {2014}, pages = {606--612}, }