P. G. de Gennes' Impact on Science Vol. 1 : Solid State and Liquid Crystals

by Bok, Julien; Prost, Jacques; Brochard-Wyart, Francoise

• ISBN13: 9789814273800
• ISBN10: 9814273805
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-30
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This publication, in two volumes, is devoted to the scientific impact of the work of Nobel Laureate, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. It covers the important fields for which de Gennes was renowned: solid state (magnetism and superconductivity), macroscopic random media and percolation, supersolids, liquid crystals, polymers, adhesion and friction, and biophysics. The book brings together internationally renowned experts to contribute their perspectives on the significance of de Gennes' works. They have each selected a definitive paper, which gives the state of the field at the time the paper was published, highlights the paper's importance and provides an analysis of the development of the field right up to the modern day. The insightful perspectives of these scientists make the book both unique and intriguing. This is the second volume devoted to soft matter and biophysics. It is available as a set with Volume I: Solid State and Liquid Crystals.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Magnetism	p. 1
J. Phys. and Chem. of Solids 4, 71-77 (1958) Anomalies de résistivité dans certains métaux magnétiques	p. 9
Surface Bound States in Unconventional Superconductors: An Unforseen Consequence of Earlier Work	p. 16
Phys. Lett. 4(2), 151-152 (1963) Elementary excitations in the vicinity of a normal metal-superconducting metal contact	p. 32
Le Journal de Physique 25, 899-905 (1964) Excitations élémentaires au voisinage de la surface de séparation d'un métal normal et d'un métal supraconducteur	p. 34
Superconductivity at High Temperature in the Cuprates	p. 41
C. R. Physique 8, 937-941 (2007) A Spatial Interpretation of Emerging Superconductivity in Lightly Doped Cuprates	p. 49
Macroscopic Random Media and Percolation	p. 54
La Recherche 7(72), 919-927 (1976) La percolation: un concept unificateur (Percolation a unifying concept)	p. 72
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and Supersolidity - Comment on C. R. Physique 7, 561-566 (2006)	p. 83
C. R. Physique 7, 561-566 (2006) Quantum dynamics of a single dislocation	p. 92
On "An Analogy between Superconductors and Smectics-A"	p. 98
Solid State Communications 10, 753-756 (1972) An Analogy between Superconductors and Smectics-A	p. 127
On a Few Universal Aspects of Liquid Crystals	p. 131
"Nematodynamics", in "Molecular fluids", lecture notes of the XXVth session of the Les Houches Summer School on Physics, edited by R. Balian and G. Weill, pp. 373-400, published by Gordon and Breach, London 1976	p. 159
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