Since 2011 – Senior Scientist, Ifsttar, Laboratoire Navier
2011 – Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches (Université Paris-Est) : « Transport de liquide et de particules dans les mousses aqueuses »
2000-2011 Assistant Professor, Université de Marne-la-Vallée, Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux Divisés et des Interfaces.
1999-2000 ATER à l’Université de Marne-la-Vallée, Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux Divisés et des Interfaces.
1995-1999 PhD de l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, spécialité Structures et Matériaux. “Assemblées de grains lubrifiés : Elaboration d’un système modèle expérimental et étude de la loi de contact”. Laboratoire des Matériaux et des Structures du Génie Civil.
1994-1995 Master’s degree Physico-chimie des polymères, Inst. Charles Sadron, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg
IUT de Marne-la-Vallée, DUT Génie Thermique et Energie, Themodynamique (30h)
ENSTA ParisTech, 1ère année, Physique des milieux granulaires (30h)
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, 1ère année, Phyico-chimie des états de la matière (15h), Phénomènes capillaires (15h)
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Master SMCD, Matière Molle (20h)
Christèle Fritz (2003-2006, “Transport de liquide et de particules dans les mousses aqueuses.”, Université de Marne-la-Vallée)
Nicolas Louvet (2006-2009, “Etude multi-échelle du transport de particules dans les mousses liquides.”, Université de Marne-la-Vallée)
Aline Delbos (2007-2010, “Imprégnation forcée de fluides dans des milieux poreux.”, Université de Marne-la-Vallée)
Benjamin Haffner (2012-2015, “Stabilité des mousses de suspension.”, Université Paris-Est)
François Gorlier (2014-2017, “Rhéologie des mousses de fluide complexe.”, Université Paris-Est)
Blandine Feneuil (2015-2018, “Stabilité des mousses de ciment : lien avec les propriétés rhéologiques de la pâte de ciment.”, Université Paris-Est)
Aymeric Mouquet (2015-2018, “Structure et élasticité des films moussés : Effets de la distribution des tailles des bulles.”, Université Paris-Est)
Asmaa Kaddami (2016-2019, “Mousses de géopolymères”, Université Paris-Est)
Thibaut Lerouge (2016-2019, “Propriétés fonctionnelles des matériaux bi-poreux”, Université Paris-Est)
Vierajitha Srikanthan (2017-2021, “Design and Multi-scale Investigation of Biporous Bioinspired Polymeric Materials”, Université Paris-Est)
Margaux Ceccaldi (2020-, “Design of bacteria-assisted granular foams")
Publications
Mouquet, Y. Khidas, X. Chateau, T. Saison, J.-Y. Faou, O. Pitois, Tensile mechanics of polymeric foam ribbons, Polymer Testing (2020) 86, 106513
Lerouge, B. Maillet, D. Coutier-Murias, D. Grande, B. Le Droumaguet, O. Pitois, P. Coussot, Drying of a Compressible Biporous Material, Physical Review Applied (2020) 13, 044061
Langlois, A. Kaddami, O. Pitois, C. Perrot, Acoustics of monodisperse open-cell foam: An experimental and numerical parametric study, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (2020) 148, 1767-1778
Olivier Pitois, Asmaa Kaddami, Vincent Langlois, Permeability of monodisperse solid foams, Transport in Porous Media (2020) 134, 635–649
Olivier Pitois, Asmaa Kaddami, Vincent Langlois, Capillary imbibition in open-cell monodisperse foams, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2020) 571, 166–173
Feneuil, N. Roussel, O. Pitois, Yield stress of aerated cement paste, Cement & Concrete Research (2020) 127, 105922
Pitois, F. Rouyer, Rheology of particulate rafts, films, and foams, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science (2019) 43, 125-137
Feneuil, P. Aimedieu, M. Scheel, J. Perrin, N. Roussel, O. Pitois, Stability criterion for fresh cement foams, Cement and Concrete Research (2019) 125, 105865
Kaddami, O. Pitois, A physical approach towards controlling the microstructure of metakaolin-based geopolymer foams, Cement & Concrete Research (2019) 124, 105807
Mouquet, Y. Khidas, T. Saison, J.-Y. Faou, O. Pitois, Well-controlled foam-based solid coatings, Soft Matter (2019) 15, 5084-5093
Feneuil, N. Roussel, O. Pitois, Optimal cement paste yield stress for the production of stable cement foams, Cement and Concrete Research (2019) 120, 142-151
Morini, X. Chateau, G. Ovarlez, O. Pitois, L. Tocquer, Steady shear viscosity of semi-dilute bubbly suspensions, Journal of non-Newtonian fluid mechanics (2019) 264, 19-24
H. Trinh, V. Langlois, J. Guillemot, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, C. Perrot, Tuning membrane content of sound absorbing cellular foams: Fabrication, experimental evidence and multiscale numerical simulations, Materials & Design (2019) 162, 345-361
Morini, X. Chateau, G. Ovarlez, O. Pitois, L. Tocquer, Viscous friction of squeezed bubbly liquid layers, Soft Matter (2018) 14, 8372-8377
Lerouge, O. Pitois, D. Grande, B. Le Droumaguet, P. Coussot, Synergistic actions of mixed small and large pores for capillary absorption through biporous polymeric materials, Soft Matter (2018) 14, 8137-8146
Langlois, V. H. Trinh, C. Lusso, C. Perrot, X. Chateau, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, Permeability of solid foam: Effect of pore connections, Physical Review E (2018) 053111
Feneuil, O. Pitois, N. Roussel, Effect of surfactants on the yield stress of cement paste, Cement and Concrete Research (2017) 100, 32–39
Gorlier, Y. Khidas, A. Fall, O. Pitois, Optimal strengthening of particle-loaded liquid foams, Physical Review E (2017) 95, 042604
Gorlier, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, Elasticity of particle-loaded liquid foams, Soft Matter (2017) 13, 4533-4540
Gorlier, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, Coupled Elasticity in soft solid foams, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2017) 501, 103-111
Gorlier, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, Yielding of complex liquid foams, Journal of Rheology (2017) 61, 919
Timounay, O. Pitois, F. Rouyer, Gas marbles: much more stronger than liquid marbles, Physical Review Letters (2017) 118, 228001
Ducloué, O. Pitois, L. Tocquer, J. Goyon, G. Ovarlez, Yielding and flow of foamed metakaolin pastes, Colloids and Surfaces A (2017) 513, 87-94
Khidas, B. Haffner, O. Pitois, Critical size effect of particles reinforcing foamed composite materials, Composites Science and Technology (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.09.024
Haffner, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, The drainage of foamy granular suspensions, Journal of colloid and interface science (2015), 458, 200-208
Pitois, M. Buisson, X. Chateau, On the collapse pressure of armored bubbles and drops, European Physical Journal E (2015) 38, 132
Ducloue, O. Pitois, J. Goyon, et al., Rheological behaviour of suspensions of bubbles in yield stress fluids, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (2015) 215, 31-39
Rouyer, B. Haffner, N. Louvet, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, Foam clogging, Soft Matter (2014) 10, 6990-6998
Ducloue, O. Pitois, J. Goyon, et al., Coupling of elasticity to capillarity in soft aerated materials, Soft Matter (2014) 10, 5093-5098
Khidas, B. Haffner, O. Pitois, Capture-induced transition in foamy suspensions, Soft Matter (2014) 10, 4137-4141
Haffner, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, Flow and jamming of granular suspensions in foams, Soft Matter (2014) 10, 3277-3283
Planchette, A.-L. Biance, O. Pitois, et al., Coalescence of armored interface under impact, Physics of Fluids (2013) 25, 042104
Kogan, L. Ducloue, J. Goyon, O. Pitois, G. Ovarlez, Mixtures of foam and paste: suspensions of bubbles in yield stress fluids, Rheologica Acta (2013), 237-253
Cohen-Addad, R. Hoehler, O. Pitois, Flow in Foams and Flowing Foams, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (2013) 45, 241-267
Lorenceau, N. Louvet, F. Rouyer, O. Pitois, Permeability of aqueous foams (erratum), European Physical Journal E (2012) 35, 16
Carn, A. Colin, O. Pitois, et al., Foam drainage study during plateau border mineralization, Soft Matter (2012) 8, 61-65
Rouyer, N. Louvet, C. Fritz and O. Pitois, Transport of coarse particles in liquid foams: coupling of confinement and buoyancy effects, Soft Matter (2011) 7, 4812-4820
Delbos, O. Pitois, Foam invasion through a single pore, Phys. Rev. E (2011) 84, 011404
-L. Biance, A. Delbos, O. Pitois, How topological rearrangements and liquid fraction control liquid foam stability, Phys. Rev. Lett. (2011)106, 068301
Vandewalle, H. Caps, G. Delon, O. Pitois et al., Foam Stability in Microgravity, Journal of Physics Conference Series (2011) 327, 012024
Louvet, R. Höhler, O. Pitois, Capture of particles in soft porous media, Physical Review E (2010) 82, 041405
Rouyer, C. Fritz, O. Pitois, The sedimentation of fine particles in liquid foams, Soft Matter (2010) 6, 3863-3869.
Rouyer, O. Pitois, E. Lorenceau, N. Louvet, Permeability of a bubble assembly: From the very dry to the wet limit, Physics of Fluids (2010) 22, 1-5.
Goyon, F. Bertrand, O. Pitois, G. Ovarlez, Shear induced drainage in foamy yield-stress fluids, Physical Review Letters (2010) 104, 128301, .
Guignot, S. Faure, M. Vignes-Adler, O. Pitois, Liquid and particles retention in foamed suspensions, Chemical Engineering Science (2010) 65, 2579-2585.
Delbos, E. Lorenceau, O. Pitois, Forced impregnation of a capillary tube with drop impact, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2010) 341, 171-177.
Pitois, C. Fritz, L. Pasol, M. Vignes-Adler, Sedimentation of a sphere in a fluid channel, Physics of Fluids (2009) 21, 103304
Pitois, N. Louvet, F. Rouyer, Recirculation model for liquid flow in foam channels, European Physical Journal E (2009) 30, 27-35.
Carn, A. Colin, O. Pitois, M. Vignes-Adler, R. Backov, Foam drainage in the presence of nanoparticle-surfactant mixtures, Langmuir (2009) 25, 7847-7856.
Louvet, F. Rouyer, O. Pitois, Ripening of a draining foam bubble, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2009) 334, 82-86.
Lorenceau, N. Louvet, F. Rouyer, O. Pitois, Permeability of aqueous foams, European Physical Journal E (2009) 28, 293-304.
Pitois, E. Lorenceau, N. Louvet, F. Rouyer, Specific surface area model for foam permeability, Langmuir (2009) 25, 97-100.
Rouyer, E. Lorenceau, O. Pitois, Film junction effect on foam drainage, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (2008) 324, 234-236.
Pitois, N. Louvet, E. Lorenceau, F. Rouyer, Node contribution to the permeability of liquid foams, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2008) 322, 675-677.
Cantat, O. Pitois, Stokes experiment in a liquid foam, Physics of Fluids (2006) 18, 083302.
Houltz, C. Lockowandt, P. Andersson, O. Janson, D. Langevin, A. Saint-Jalmes, S. Marze, M. Adler, O. Pitois, B. Kronberg, M. Andersson, The physics of FOAMS module FOAM-2 and its flight on MAXUS 6, European Space Agency, ESA SP (2005) 590, 565-572.
Cantat, O. Pitois, Mechanical probing of liquid foam ageing, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter (2005) 17, S3455-S3461.
Dame, C. Fritz, O. Pitois, S. Faure, Relations between physicochemical properties and instability of decontamination foams, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (2005) 263, 210-218.
Pitois, C. Fritz, M. Vignes-Adler, Hydrodynamic resistance of a single foam channel, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (2005) 261, 109-114.
Pitois, C. Fritz, M. Vignes-Adler, Liquid drainage through aqueous foam: Study of the flow on the bubble scale, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2005) 282, 458-465.
Tixier, O. Pitois, P. Mills, Experimental impact of the history of packing on the mean pressure in silos, European Physical Journal E (2004) 14, 241-247.
Chateau, O. Pitois, Quasistatic detachment of a sphere from a liquid interface, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2003) 259, 346-353.
Pitois, X. Chateau, Small particle at a fluid interface: Effect of contact angle hysteresis on force and work of detachment, Langmuir (2002) 18, 9751-9756.
Chateau, P. Moucheront, O. Pitois, Micromechanics of unsaturated granular media, Journal of Engineering Mechanics (2002) 128, 856-863.
Pitois, P. Moucheront, X. Chateau, Rupture energy of a pendular liquid bridge, European Physical Journal B (2001) 23, 79-86.
Pitois, P. Moucheront, X. Chateau, Liquid bridge between two moving spheres: An experimental study of viscosity effects, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2000) 231, 26-31.
Pitois, P. Moucheront, C. Weill, Interface breakthrough and sphere coating [Franchissement d’interface et enrobage d’une sphere], Comptes Rendus de l’Academie de Sciences – Serie IIb: Mecanique, Physique, Chimie, Astronomie (1999) 327, 605-611.
Pitois, B. François, Formation of ordered micro-porous membranes, European Physical Journal B (1999) 8, 225-231.
Pitois, B. François, Crystallization of condensation droplets on a liquid surface, Colloid and Polymer Science (1999) 277, 574-578.
François, O. Pitois, J. François, Polymer films with a self-organized honeycomb morphology, Advanced Materials (1995) 7, 1041-1044.