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Foams are presently a very active field of research as it is commonly encountered in the daily life. Until now, many studies have been devoted to the morphology of two dimensional foams, which are much more simple than the three dimensional ones. A 2D foam consists of a single layer of bubbles between two flat and parallel glass plates. The liquid films are perpendicular to the glass plates, and the 2D foam appears as a network of polygons. Its structure is very easy to observe and the way the 2D foam structure evolves is now well-known. The film network reorganises during time because of film ruptures (coalescence) or because of gas diffusion from a small bubble towards a bigger neighbour due to the difference of Laplace pressure (coarsening or disproportionation).
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Monnereau, C., Vignes-Adler, M. (1999). Determination of Real Three Dimensional Foam Structure Using Optical Tomography. In: Sadoc, J.F., Rivier, N. (eds) Foams and Emulsions. NATO ASI Series, vol 354. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9157-7_22
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