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P. G. de Gennes

P. G. de Gennes

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Materials Science

D-Index
111
Citations
119315
World Ranking
668
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - A.C. Eringen Medal
  • 1991 - Nobel Prize for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his pioneering and leading role in a variety of fields in condensedmatter theory and polymer physics

Overview

P. G. de Gennes was affiliated with the Institute Curie in France. Their work contributed to various fields and topics in the scientific community, though no specific details about their recent papers, co-authors, or publication venues are documented in the provided data.

The scientist received multiple prestigious awards during their career. In 1991, they were awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, particularly to liquid crystals and polymers.

They were also recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1987. The American Physical Society named them a Fellow in 1986, citing their pioneering and leading role in a variety of fields within condensed matter theory and polymer physics. Later, in 1998, they received the A.C. Eringen Medal.

Best Publications

  • The physics of liquid crystals

    P. G. de Gennes;Richard Alben

  • Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics

    P. G. de Gennes;Thomas A. Witten

  • Reptation of a Polymer Chain in the Presence of Fixed Obstacles

    P. G. de Gennes

  • Effects of Double Exchange in Magnetic Crystals

    P. G. de Gennes

  • Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena

    Pierre-Gilles de Gennes;Françoise Brochard-Wyart;David Quéré

  • Conformations of Polymers Attached to an Interface

    P. G. de Gennes

  • Protein—surface interactions in the presence of polyethylene oxide

    S.I Jeon;J.H Lee;J.D Andrade;P.G De Gennes

  • Polymers at an interface; a simplified view

    P.G. de Gennes

  • Microemulsions and the flexibility of oil/water interfaces

    P. G. De Gennes;C. Taupin

  • Bound Fermion states on a vortex line in a type II superconductor

    C. Caroli;P.G. De Gennes;J. Matricon

  • Coil-stretch transition of dilute flexible polymers under ultrahigh velocity gradients

    P. G. De Gennes

  • A model for contact angle hysteresis

    J. F. Joanny;P. G. de Gennes

  • Solutions of flexible polymers. Neutron experiments and interpretation.

    M. Daoud;J. P. Cotton;B. Farnoux;G. Jannink

  • Dynamics of Entangled Polymer Solutions. I. The Rouse Model

    P. G. De Gennes

  • Dynamics of fluctuations and spinodal decomposition in polymer blends

    P. G. de Gennes

  • Remarks on polyelectrolyte conformation

    P.G. De Gennes;P. Pincus;R.M. Velasco;F. Brochard

  • Polymer solutions near an interface. Adsorption and depletion layers

    P. G. De Gennes

  • Statistics of « starburst » polymers

    P.G. de Gennes;H. Hervet

  • Theory of magnetic suspensions in liquid crystals

    F. Brochard;P.G. de Gennes

  • Anomalies de résistivité dans certains métaux magníques

    P.G. De Gennes;J. Friedel

  • Statistics of macromolecular solutions trapped in small pores

    M. Daoud;P.G. De Gennes

Frequent Co-Authors

Elie Raphaël
Elie Raphaël PSL University
Philip Pincus
Philip Pincus University of California, Santa Barbara
Jean-François Joanny
Jean-François Joanny Collège de France
François Boué
François Boué University of Paris-Saclay
Marguerite Rinaudo
Marguerite Rinaudo Grenoble Alpes University
David Andelman
David Andelman Tel Aviv University
Olivier Sandre
Olivier Sandre University of Bordeaux
Ludwik Leibler
Ludwik Leibler PSL University
Manoj K. Chaudhury
Manoj K. Chaudhury Lehigh University

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