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Soft interfaces: the 1994 Dirac memorial lecture

By Pierre Gilles de Gennes , Sam Edwards

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
0521564174, 9780521564175
LCC
QC173.4.I57 G46 1997
Open Library ID
OL1006152M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
513 kB (525090 bytes)
Series
Dirac Memorial Lectures
Pages
123\123
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
400
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Физика;Физика твердого тела

Description

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, died in 1984. Dirac's college, St. John's of Cambridge, generously endowed annual lectures to be held at Cambridge University in his memory. This volume contains a much expanded version of the 1994 Dirac Lecture by Nobel Laureate Pierre Gilles de Gennes. The book presents an impressionistic tour of the physics of soft interfaces. Full of insight and interesting asides, it not only provides an accessible introduction to this topic, but also lays down many markers and signposts that will be of interest to researchers in physics or chemistry. Features discussions of wetting and dewetting, the dynamics of different types of interface and adhesion and polymer/polymer welding.

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