Gennes

Currently de Gennes is working at the Institut Curie (Paris), an interdisciplinary center and hospital on cancer research.

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes - Biography 1992

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The Decameron 2004

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The Decameron 2004

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes developed the theory for the behavior of liquid crystals and their transitions between different ordered phases (nematic, smectic, etc).

The Nobel Prizes in Physics 1901-2000 2000

De Gennes has generalized the description of order for media of this type and been able to see analogies with, e.g. magnetic and superconducting materials.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1991 - Presentation Speech 1997

De Gennes has discovered relations between different, seemingly quite unrelated, fields of physics - connections which nobody has seen before.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1991 - Presentation Speech 1997

Also in these materials, de Gennes has found analogies with critical phenomena appearing in magnetic and superconducting materials.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1991 - Presentation Speech 1997

De Gennes has shown that mathematical models, developed for studying simpler systems, are applicable also to such complicated systems.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1991 - Presentation Speech 1997

Another large field, where de Gennes has been very active, is that of polymer physics.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1991 - Presentation Speech 1997

De Gennes found the explanation in the special way the molecules of a liquid crystal are ordered.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1991 - Presentation Speech 1997