Why do some foams hold up better than others? An answer from space!

In a long-term study carried out on the International Space Station (ISS), researchers were able to study precisely the physico-chemical factors influencing the long-term stability of foams by avoiding gravity-induced drainage.

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Reference : Wet foam coarsening: More than film permeability, Alice Requier, Shailesh Varade, Nicolò Galvani, Marina Pasquet, Sylvie Cohen Addad, Cécile Gehin-Delval, Reinhard Höhler, Olivier Pitois, Emmanuelle Rio, Anniina Salonen, Dominique Langevin, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 696, 137825  – Publié le 12 mai 2025. Doi : 10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137825