This volume contains a selection of important papers by P.G. de Gennes (1991 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics) which have had a long-lasting impact on the understanding of condensed matter (solid state physics, liquid crystals, polymers, interfaces, wetting and adhesion). A typical example is the original article on "reptation" of polymer chains. The author has added some "afterthoughts" to the main papers (explaining their successes or weaknesses), and some current views on each special problem. Complex systems (polymers or granular matters, and so forth) are explained without heavy calculations, using simple scaling laws as the main tool.
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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 - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
maximal film, high absorption solution, nuclear spin wave spectrum, groupes terminaux, amas infinis, mesa defects, strong slippage, rolling species, fluid lamellar phases, nominal contact line, une monocouche, viscous tensions, slippage length, marginal regime, nuclear spin waves, mobile chains, dry spreading, polymer statistics, spin distortion, ideal coil, entangled regime, grafted chains, trapped chains, deuterated chains, grafted layer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Chem Phys, Colloid Interface Sci, Rev Mod Phys, Phys Rev, American Chemical Society, Acad Sci, Fluid Mech, Academic Press, Gennes Wetting, Phys Chem, Pierre Curie, Colloid Interface Set, France Received, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Faraday Trans, Flory Huggins, Phys Lett, Des Cloiseaux, Marcel Dekker, Chem Soc, College de France, Cornell University Press, Faraday Soc, Feature Article 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 - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
maximal film, high absorption solution, nuclear spin wave spectrum, groupes terminaux, amas infinis, mesa defects, strong slippage, rolling species, fluid lamellar phases, nominal contact line, une monocouche, viscous tensions, slippage length, marginal regime, nuclear spin waves, mobile chains, dry spreading, polymer statistics, spin distortion, ideal coil, entangled regime, grafted chains, trapped chains, deuterated chains, grafted layer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Chem Phys, Colloid Interface Sci, Rev Mod Phys, Phys Rev, American Chemical Society, Acad Sci, Fluid Mech, Academic Press, Gennes Wetting, Phys Chem, Pierre Curie, Colloid Interface Set, France Received, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Faraday Trans, Flory Huggins, Phys Lett, Des Cloiseaux, Marcel Dekker, Chem Soc, College de France, Cornell University Press, Faraday Soc, Feature Article New!
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- Principles of Polymer Chemistry (George Fisher Baker Non-Resident Lec) by Paul J. Flory on 5 pages
- Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics by Pierre Gilles De Gennes on 4 pages
- Biological Membranes by Dennis Chapman on page 59, and page 105
- Principles of Nuclear Magnetism (International Series of Monographs on Physics) by A. Abragam on page 33, and page 156
- Statistical Physics, Third Edition, Part 1: Volume 5 (Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 5) by L D Landau on page 68, and page 371
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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
- Jingshin Theoretical Physics Symposium in Honor of Prof Ta-You Wu by Jong-Ping Hsu on page 47
- 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
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