A selection of papers by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes - 1991 Nobel Prize winner in Physics - which have had a long-lasting impact on our understanding of condensed matter. Important ideas on polymers, liquid crystals and interfaces are described. The author has added some afterthoughts to the main papers (explaining their successes or weaknesses), and some current views on each special problem.
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Abstract. - This paper deals with propagation phenomena in binary solid solutions AB, the waves being carried by the A atoms only. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Colloid Interface Sci, American Chemical Society, Fluid Mech, Academic Press, France Received, Pierre Curie, Institut Curie, Des Cloizeaux, Marcel Dekker, Rev Mod, Cornell University Press, Faraday Soc, Faraday Trans, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Scaling Concepts, College de France, Marie Curie, Pergamon Press, Polymer Sci, Elsevier Science, Introductory Lecture, Physique Lett, Telo da Gama New!
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Abstract. - This paper deals with propagation phenomena in binary solid solutions AB, the waves being carried by the A atoms only. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Colloid Interface Sci, American Chemical Society, Fluid Mech, Academic Press, France Received, Pierre Curie, Institut Curie, Des Cloizeaux, Marcel Dekker, Rev Mod, Cornell University Press, Faraday Soc, Faraday Trans, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Scaling Concepts, College de France, Marie Curie, Pergamon Press, Polymer Sci, Elsevier Science, Introductory Lecture, Physique Lett, Telo da Gama New!
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- Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics by Pierre-Giles Gennes on 7 pages
- Principles of Polymer Chemistry (The George Fisher Baker Non-Resident Lectureship in Chemistry at Cornell University) by Paul J. Flory on 6 pages
- Biological Membranes by Dennis Chapman on page 75, and page 121
- Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers by John D. Ferry on page 204, and page 218
- Solid State Physics: Advances in Research and Applications, Vol. 32 by Henry Ehrenreich on page 253, and page 263
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- Polymer Yearbook 11 by R. Pethrick in Back Matter
- Lecture Notes on Electron Correlation and Magnetism (Series in Modern Condensed Matter Physics) by Patrik Fazekas in Front Matter
- MAGNETISM IN HEAVY FERMIONS (Series in Modern Condensed Matter Physics - Vol. 11) by Harry B. Radousky in Front Matter
- Quantum Dissipative Systems by Ulrich Weiss in Front Matter
- Jingshin Theoretical Physics Symposium in Honor of Prof Ta-You Wu by Jong-Ping Hsu on page 47
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