Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
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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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Born | (1932-10-24)24 October 1932 |
Died | 18 May 2007(2007-05-18) (aged 74) |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay University |
Known for | Being the founder of soft matter physics Polymer physics Reptation Liquid crystalline elastomer Bogoliubov–DeGennes equation |
Children | 7, including Claire Wyart |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics Soft matter Superconductivity |
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