Gas-liquid foam dynamics: From structural elements to continuum descriptions

PS Stewart, S Hilgenfeldt - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Gas-liquid foams are important in applications ranging from oil recovery and mineral
flotation to food science and microfluidics. Beyond their practical use, they represent an …

Study on the Dual Effects of MgCl2 on the Characteristics of Foams Stabilized by Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate

X Cao, W Xia, T Zhao, X Li, P Zhang, X Qin… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the application of foams in the industrial field, there are often high requirements for
foaming ability and stability, but this brings greater pressure for defoaming. This paper …

Drainage via stratification and nanoscopic thickness transitions of aqueous sodium naphthenate foam films

C Ochoa, C Xu, CDVM Narváez, W Yang, Y Zhang… - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Sodium naphthenates (NaNs), found in crude oils and oil sands process-affected water
(OSPW), can act as surfactants and stabilize undesirable foams and emulsions. Despite the …

Cross over to collective rearrangements near the dry-wet transition in two-dimensional foams

N Yanagisawa, R Kurita - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Liquid foams respond plastically to external perturbations over some critical magnitude. This
rearrangement process is directly related to the mechanical properties of the foams, playing …

Removal of uranium from steel surface by polyvinyl alcohol foaming gel

H Zhao, Z Li, K Zhang, J Li, H Zhao, S Wang - Journal of Radioanalytical …, 2023 - Springer
In this work, a foam gel material based on polyvinyl alcohol were successfully prepared to
remove uranium contamination on the surface of stainless steel. The material was tested …

Foaming and rheological properties of aqueous solutions: an interfacial study

B Vishal - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2023 - degruyter.com
Although aqueous foam is composed of simple fluids, air and water, it shows a complex
rheological behavior. It exhibits solid-like behavior at low shear and fluid-like behavior at …

Air invasion into three-dimensional foam induces viscous fingering instabilities

YH Lee, J Wang, R Kannaiyan, Y Su, ID Gates - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
We conducted an experimental investigation to examine the immiscible radial displacement
flows of air invading three-dimensional foam in a Hele-Shaw cell. Our study successfully …

Pinch-off from a foam droplet in a Hele-Shaw cell

M Tani, R Kurita - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Placing some foam on a vertical surface is a ubiquitous situation, for example, such as in
shaving and wall cleaning in daily life, and in egg-laying or making foam nests for some …

Modeling the concentration enhancement and selectivity of plastic particle transport in sea spray aerosols

L Dubitsky, GB Deane, DM Stokes… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bursting bubbles transport bacteria, viruses, and other marine particles across the air‐sea
interface. This effect is enhanced when particles are hydrophobic and cling to the bubbles …

Application of xanthan gum and hyaluronic acid as dermal foam stabilizers

F Falusi, S Berkó, A Kovács, M Budai-Szűcs - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Foams are increasingly popular in the field of dermatology due to their many advantages
such as easy spreading, good skin sensation, and applicability in special skin conditions …