Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932–2007) was a French physicist who made significant contributions to condensed matter physics, particularly in the fields of liquid crystals and polymers. He is best known for his work that helps to explain the behavior of complex materials and systems at the microscopic level.

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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-31
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A physicist who held the condensed matter physics chair at Collège de France from 1971 to 2004.[ref]
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Portrait of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
. Dominique Morisseau, Laboratoire de Physique et d’Etude des Matériaux (LPEM), ESPCI Paris; 28 August 1998. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Source.
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