Pierre-Gilles de Gennes | |
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 de Gennes in 2006 | |
| Born | 24 October 1932 |
| Died | 18 May 2007 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay University |
| Known for | Being the founder of soft matter physics Landau–de Gennes theory Polymer physics Reptation Liquid crystalline elastomer Bogoliubov–de Gennes equation de Gennes–Alexander theory Caroli–de Gennes–Matricon state Fisher–de Gennes scaling |
| Children | 7, including Claire Wyart |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics Soft matter Superconductivity |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Contribution à l'étude de la diffusion magnétique des neutrons (1957) |
| Doctoral advisor | Francis Perrin |
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (French: [ʒɛn]; 24 October 1932 – 18 May 2007) was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.[2][3][4][5]
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- ^ An Obituary of Gennes in the Hindu.com
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