Macroscopic emulsion drops formed through limited coalescence

This short paper is a perspective article related to the seminal paper: S. Arditty, C. P. Whitby, B. P. Binks, V. Schmitt & F. Leal-Calderon "Some general features of limited coalescence in solid-stabilized emulsions" published in 2003 (Arditty et al. in Eur. Phys. J. E 12:355, 2003). I will first briefly recall the work described in this paper and discuss some of the developments that followed its publication. This will include comparisons with different coalescence mechanisms, together with comparisons with surfactant-stabilized emulsions and with particle-stabilized foams. I will end with a few comments on the state of the field of research and on future directions.