title: The science of foaming.
abstract: The generation of liquid foams is at the heart of numerous natural, technical or scientific processes. Even though the subject of foam generation has a long-standing history, many recent progresses have been made in an attempt to elucidate the fundamental processes at play. We review the subject by providing an overview of the relevant key mechanisms of bubble generation within a coherent hydrodynamic context; and we discuss different foaming techniques which exploit these mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, UMR 8502, Orsay, France. Electronic address: Wiebke.Drenckhan@u-psud.fr.
authors.forename: Wiebke
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Drenckhan
authors.affiliation: Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS UMR 6251, Université Rennes-1, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saint-Jalmes
keywords: Bubble generation; Bubble size distribution; Foaming; Foaming techniques; Gas/liquid interface; Liquid foam