Rhéophysique et Milieux Poreux

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olivier.pitois@univ-eiffel.fr

Olivier Pitois

Chercheur

Responsable de l'équipe Rhéophysique et Milieux Poreux

Biographie

  • Depuis 2011 – Directeur de Recherche Ifsttar, Laboratoire Navier
  • 2011 – Diplôme d’Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches (Université Paris-Est) : « Transport de liquide et de particules dans les mousses aqueuses »
  • 2000-2011    Maître de Conférences à  l’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    Doctorat 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    DEA Physico-chimie des polymères, Inst. Charles Sadron, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg

Thèmes de recherche

Enseignements et Encadrement Doctoral

  • 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. Michèle Adler
  • Sylvain Guignot (2005-2008), “Rôle de particules colloïdales sur la stabilité de mousses de décontamination", Université Paris-Est, CEA. Michèle Adler/Sylvain Faure.
  • Nicolas Louvet (2006-2009), “Etude multi-échelle du transport de particules dans les mousses liquides", Université de Marne-la-Vallée. Michèle Adler.
  • Aline Delbos (2007-2010), “Imprégnation forcée de fluides dans des milieux poreux", Université de Marne-la-Vallée. Elise Lorenceau/Michèle Adler.
  • 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), “Mousses de ciment", Université Paris-Est, financement Labex MMCD. Nicolas Roussel.
  • Aymeric Mouquet (2015-2018), “Films de polymères moussés", Université Paris-Est, Cifre Saint-Gobain.
  • Asmaa Kaddami (2016-2019), “Mousses de géopolymères", Université Paris-Est.
  • Thibaut Lerouge (2016-2019), “Propriétés fonctionnelles des matériaux bi-poreux", Université Paris-Est, financement Labex MMCD. Philippe Coussot / Daniel Grande.
  • Vierajitha Srikanthan (2018-2021), « Conception et investigation multi-échelle de matériaux polymères bi-poreux et bio-inspirés », Université Paris-Est, financement DIM Respore, Philippe Coussot / Daniel Grande.
  • Margaux Ceccaldi (2020-2023), « Bio-cimentation dans les mousses de bactéries », Université Gustave Eiffel, Financement Labex MMCD. Daniel Grande.
  • Nicolo Galvani (2021-2024), “Aging of complex liquid foams”, Université Gustave Eiffel, Financement ESA/CNES. Sylvie Cohen-Addad.
  • Ali Salamé (2022-2025), « Ecoulement et vieillissement de mousses liquides en milieux poreux », Université Gustave Eiffel, Financement Université Gustave Eiffel / Labex MMCD.
  • Zahraa Hammoud (2024-), CNRS. Vincent Langlois.
  • Yiming Chen (2025-2029), ENPC-IPP, Anh-Minh Tang (ENPC)
  • Noé Seksik (2025-2028), CNRS, Florence Rouyer.
  • Xixi Zhu (2025-2028), CNRS/CNES. Sylvie Cohen-Addad.
  • Jérôme Suard (2025-2028), UGE. Abdoulaye Fall.

Publications

  1. François, O. Pitois, J. François, Polymer films with a self-organized honeycomb morphology, Advanced Materials (1995) 7, 1041-1044. 10.1002/adma.19950071217
  2. Pitois, B. François, Crystallization of condensation droplets on a liquid surface, Colloid and Polymer Science (1999) 277, 574-578. 10.1007/s003960050427
  3. Pitois, B. François, Formation of ordered micro-porous membranes, European Physical Journal B (1999) 8, 225-231. 10.1007/s100510050685
  4. 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. 10.1016/S1287-4620(99)80091-X
  5. 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. 10.1006/jcis.2000.7096
  6. Pitois, P. Moucheront, X. Chateau, Rupture energy of a pendular liquid bridge, European Physical Journal B (2001) 23, 79-86. 10.1007/s100510170084
  7. Chateau, P. Moucheront, O. Pitois, Micromechanics of unsaturated granular media, Journal of Engineering Mechanics (2002) 128, 856-863. 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2002)128:8(856)
  8. 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. 10.1021/la020300p
  9. Chateau, O. Pitois, Quasistatic detachment of a sphere from a liquid interface, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2003) 259, 346-353. 10.1016/S0021-9797(02)00219-9
  10. 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. 10.1140/epje/i2003-10149-8
  11. 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. 10.1016/j.jcis.2004.08.187
  12. 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. 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2004.11.045
  13. 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. 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2004.12.053
  14. Cantat, O. Pitois, Mechanical probing of liquid foam ageing, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter (2005) 17, S3455-S3461. 10.1088/0953-8984/17/45/034
  15. Cantat, O. Pitois, Stokes experiment in a liquid foam, Physics of Fluids (2006) 18, 083302. 10.1063/1.2267062
  16. 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. 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.04.029
  17. Rouyer, E. Lorenceau, O. Pitois, Film junction effect on foam drainage, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (2008) 324, 234-236. 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.04.016
  18. Pitois, E. Lorenceau, N. Louvet, F. Rouyer, Specific surface area model for foam permeability, Langmuir (2009) 25, 97-100. 10.1021/la8029616
  19. Lorenceau, N. Louvet, F. Rouyer, O. Pitois, Permeability of aqueous foams, European Physical Journal E (2009) 28, 293-304. 10.1140/epje/i2008-10411-7
  20. Louvet, F. Rouyer, O. Pitois, Ripening of a draining foam bubble, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2009) 334, 82-86. 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.02.042
  21. Carn, A. Colin, O. Pitois, M. Vignes-Adler, R. Backov, Foam drainage in the presence of nanoparticle-surfactant mixtures, Langmuir (2009) 25, 7847-7856. 10.1021/la900414q
  22. Pitois, N. Louvet, F. Rouyer, Recirculation model for liquid flow in foam channels, European Physical Journal E (2009) 30, 27-35. 10.1140/epje/i2009-10502-y
  23. Pitois, C. Fritz, L. Pasol, M. Vignes-Adler, Sedimentation of a sphere in a fluid channel, Physics of Fluids (2009) 21, 103304. 10.1063/1.3253408
  24. Delbos, E. Lorenceau, O. Pitois, Forced impregnation of a capillary tube with drop impact, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2010) 341, 171-177. 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.09.016
  25. Guignot, S. Faure, M. Vignes-Adler, O. Pitois, Liquid and particles retention in foamed suspensions, Chemical Engineering Science (2010) 65, 2579-2585. 10.1016/j.ces.2009.12.039
  26. Goyon, F. Bertrand, O. Pitois, G. Ovarlez, Shear induced drainage in foamy yield-stress fluids, Physical Review Letters (2010) 104, 128301. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.128301
  27. 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. 10.1063/1.3364038
  28. Rouyer, C. Fritz, O. Pitois, The sedimentation of fine particles in liquid foams, Soft Matter (2010) 6, 3863-3869. 10.1039/c0sm00028k
  29. Louvet, R. Höhler, O. Pitois, Capture of particles in soft porous media, Physical Review E (2010) 82, 041405. 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.041405
  30. -L. Biance, A. Delbos, O. Pitois, How topological rearrangements and liquid fraction control liquid foam stability, Phys. Rev. Lett. (2011)106, 068301. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.068301
  31. Delbos, O. Pitois, Foam invasion through a single pore, Phys. Rev. E (2011) 84, 011404. 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.011404
  32. 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. 10.1039/c0sm01491e
  33. Carn, A. Colin, O. Pitois, et al., Foam drainage study during plateau border mineralization, Soft Matter (2012) 8, 61-65. 10.1039/c1sm06778h
  34. Lorenceau, N. Louvet, F. Rouyer, O. Pitois, Permeability of aqueous foams (erratum), European Physical Journal E (2012) 35, 16. 10.1140/epje/i2012-12016-y
  35. Cohen-Addad, R. Hoehler, O. Pitois, Flow in Foams and Flowing Foams, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (2013) 45, 241-267. 10.1146/annurev-fluid-011212-140634
  36. 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. 10.1007/s00397-013-0677-7
  37. Planchette, A.-L. Biance, O. Pitois, et al., Coalescence of armored interface under impact, Physics of Fluids (2013) 25, 042104. 10.1063/1.4801320
  38. Caps H., Delon G., Vandewalle N., Guillermic R.-M., Pitois O.,Biance A.-L., Saulnier L., Yazhgur P., Rio E., Salonen A., Langevin D., Does water foam exist in microgravity?, Europhysics News (2014) 45, 22-25. 10.1051/epn/2014303
  39. Haffner, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, Flow and jamming of granular suspensions in foams, Soft Matter (2014) 10, 3277-3283. 10.1039/c4sm00049h
  40. Khidas, B. Haffner, O. Pitois, Capture-induced transition in foamy suspensions, Soft Matter (2014) 10, 4137-4141. 10.1039/c4sm00246f
  41. Ducloue, O. Pitois, J. Goyon, et al., Coupling of elasticity to capillarity in soft aerated materials, Soft Matter (2014) 10, 5093-5098. 10.1039/c4sm00200h
  42. Rouyer, B. Haffner, N. Louvet, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, Foam clogging, Soft Matter (2014) 10, 6990-6998. 10.1039/c4sm00496e
  43. 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. 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2014.10.003
  44. Pitois, M. Buisson, X. Chateau, On the collapse pressure of armored bubbles and drops, European Physical Journal E (2015) 38, 132. 10.1140/epje/i2015-15048-9
  45. Haffner, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, The drainage of foamy granular suspensions, Journal of colloid and interface science (2015), 458, 200-208. 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.07.051
  46. Khidas, B. Haffner, O. Pitois, Critical size effect of particles reinforcing foamed composite materials, Composites Science and Technology (2015) 119, 62-67. 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.09.024
  47. Ducloué, O. Pitois, L. Tocquer, J. Goyon, G. Ovarlez, Yielding and flow of foamed metakaolin pastes, Colloids and Surfaces A (2017) 513, 87-94. 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.11.015
  48. Timounay, O. Pitois, F. Rouyer, Gas marbles: much stronger than liquid marbles, Physical Review Letters (2017) 118, 228001. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.228001
  49. Gorlier, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, Yielding of complex liquid foams, Journal of Rheology (2017) 61, 919. 10.1122/1.4994786
  50. Gorlier, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, Coupled Elasticity in soft solid foams, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2017) 501, 103-111. 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.04.033
  51. Gorlier, Y. Khidas, O. Pitois, Elasticity of particle-loaded liquid foams, Soft Matter (2017) 13, 4533-4540. 10.1039/c7sm00679a
  52. Gorlier, Y. Khidas, A. Fall, O. Pitois, Optimal strengthening of particle-loaded liquid foams, Physical Review E (2017) 95, 042604. 10.1103/PhysRevE.95.042604
  53. Feneuil, O. Pitois, N. Roussel, Effect of surfactants on the yield stress of cement paste, Cement and Concrete Research (2017) 100, 32–39. 10.1016/j.cemconres.2017.04.015
  54. 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. 10.1103/PhysRevE.97.053111
  55. 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. 10.1039/C8SM01400K
  56. Morini, X. Chateau, G. Ovarlez, O. Pitois, L. Tocquer, Viscous friction of squeezed bubbly liquid layers, Soft Matter (2018) 14, 8372-8377. 10.1039/c8sm01335g
  57. 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. 10.1016/j.matdes.2018.11.023
  58. 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. 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2018.12.006
  59. 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. 10.1016/j.cemconres.2019.03.002
  60. Mouquet, Y. Khidas, T. Saison, J.-Y. Faou, O. Pitois, Well-controlled foam-based solid coatings, Soft Matter (2019) 15, 5084-5093. 10.1039/c9sm00786e
  61. Kaddami, O. Pitois, A physical approach towards controlling the microstructure of metakaolin-based geopolymer foams, Cement & Concrete Research (2019) 124, 105807. 10.1016/j.cemconres.2019.105807
  62. Feneuil, P. Aimedieu, M. Scheel, J. Perrin, N. Roussel, O. Pitois, Stability criterion for fresh cement foams, Cement and Concrete Research (2019) 125, 105865. 10.1016/j.cemconres.2019.105865
  63. Pitois, F. Rouyer, Rheology of particulate rafts, films, and foams, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science (2019) 43, 125-137. 10.1016/j.cocis.2019.05.004
  64. Feneuil, N. Roussel, O. Pitois, Yield stress of aerated cement paste, Cement & Concrete Research (2020) 127, 105922. 10.1016/j.cemconres.2019.105922
  65. Pitois, A. Kaddami, V. Langlois, Capillary imbibition in open-cell monodisperse foams, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2020) 571, 166–173. 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.03.013
  66. Pitois, A. Kaddami, V. Langlois, Permeability of monodisperse solid foams, Transport in Porous Media (2020) 134, 635–649. 10.1007/s11242-020-01461-6
  67. 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. 10.1121/10.0001995
  68. 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. 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.044061
  69. Mouquet, Y. Khidas, X. Chateau, T. Saison, J.-Y. Faou, O. Pitois, Tensile mechanics of polymeric foam ribbons, Polymer Testing (2020) 86, 106513. 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2020.106513
  70. Srikanthan V., Pitois O., Coussot P., Grande D., Le Droumaguet B., Wood-Mimicking Bio-Based Biporous Polymeric Materials with Anisotropic Tubular Macropores, Polymers (2021) 13, 2692. 10.3390/polym13162692
  71. Langlois, A. Kaddami, O. Pitois, C. Perrot, Erratum: Acoustics of monodisperse open-cell foam: An experimental and numerical parametric study [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 148, 1767–1778 (2020)], J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (2022) 151, 321. 10.1121/10.0009273.
  72. Ma X., Maillet B., Brochard L., Pitois O., Sidi-Boulenouar R., Coussot P., Vapor-sorption coupled diffusion in cellulose fiber pile revealed by magnetic resonance imaging, Physical Review Applied (2022) 17, 024048. 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.17.024048
  73. Ferreiro-Córdova C., Foffi G., Pitois O., Guidolin C., Schneider M., Salonen A., Stiffening colloidal gels by solid inclusions, Soft Matter, (2022) 18, 2842-2850. 10.1039/D1SM01555A
  74. Ceccaldi M., Langlois V., Gueguen M., Grande D., Vincent-Bonnieu S., Pitois O., Liquid relative permeability through foam-filled porous media: Experiments. Physical Review Fluids (2023) 8, 024302. 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.024302
  75. Pitois O., Salame A., Khidas Y., Ceccaldi M., Langlois V., Vincent-Bonnieu S., Daisy-shaped liquid bridges in foam-filled granular packings. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2023) 638, pp. 552-560. 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.01.127
  76. Pasquet M., Galvani N., Pitois O., Cohen-Addad S., Höhler R., Chieco A., Dillavou S., Hanlan J., Durian D., Rio E., Salonen A., Langevin D., Aqueous foams in microgravity, measuring bubble sizes. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences – Mécanique (2023) 351, pp. 1-23. 10.5802/crmeca.153
  77. Pasquet M., Galvani N., Requier A., Cohen-Addad S., Höhler R., Pitois O., Rio E., Salonen A., Langevin D., Coarsening transitions of wet liquid foams under microgravity conditions. Soft Matter (2023) 19, 6267-6279. 10.1039/D3SM00535F
  78. Galvani N., Pasquet M., Mukherjee A., Requier A., Cohen-Addad S., Pitois O., Höhler R., Rio E., Salonen A., Durian D., Langevin D., Hierarchical bubble size distributions in coarsening wet liquid foams. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) (2023) 120, e2306551120. 10.1073/pnas.2306551120
  79. Requier A., Guidolin C., Rio E., Galvani N., Cohen-Addad S., Pitois O., Salonen A., Foam coarsening in a yield stress fluid. Soft Matter (2024) 20, 6023-6032. 10.1039/d4sm00296b.
  80. Ceccaldi M., Langlois V., Gueguen M., Grande D., Vincent-Bonnieu S., Pitois O., Coarsening effects on the liquid permeability in foam-filled porous media. Physical Review Fluids (2024) 9, 074003. 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.074003
  81. Galvani N., Pitois O., Cohen-Addad S., Coarsening of bubble assemblies: From dry foams to dilute bubbly liquids. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2025) 696, 137661.
  82. Requier, S. Varade, N. Galvani, M. Pasquet, C. Gehin-Delval, R. Höhler, O. Pitois, E. Rio, A. Salonen, D. Langevin, Wet foam coarsening: More than film permeability. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2025) 696, 137825.
  83. Langlois V., Salame A., Pitois O., Petit A., Soltner, B., Permeability of foam-filled granular packing: Numerical modeling. Physical Review Fluids (2025) 10, 053604.
  84. Salamé A., Chaoudhary R., Tang A.-M., Vincent-Bonnieu S., Langlois V., Pitois O., Rheology of liquid foam flowing through porous media. Physics of Fluids (2025) 37, 053114
  85. Salamé A., Nguyen V.-T., Langlois V., Petit A., Soltner, B., Pitois O., Vincent-Bonnieu S., Enhanced coarsening induced by pore confinement. Physcial Review E (2025) 111, L013401.
  86. Galvani N., Cohen-Addad S., Saint-Michel B., Pitois O., Plasticity effects in coarsening bubbly yield-stress fluids: From damped growth to arrest. Physical Review Fluids (2025) 10, 073604.
  87. Ceccaldi, C. Menuisier, V. Langlois, M. Guéguen, Y. Péchaud, D. Grande, S. Vincent-Bonnieu, O. Pitois, Foam-based Microbially-Induced Calcite Precipitation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Open 19 (2025) 100145.
  88. Salamé A., Nguyen V.-T., Langlois V., Pitois O., S. Vincent-Bonnieu, Foam coarsening in granular packings. Physical Review E, 2026
  89. Salamé A., Nguyen V.-T., Langlois V., Pitois O., S. Vincent-Bonnieu, Boosting the self-production of roaming bubbles to hierarchize the microstructure of foamed materials. Soft Matter, 2026