Physicist worked in areas of liquid crystals, physical chemistry of adhesives
Linda R. Raber

Chemical & Engineering News

Pierre-Gilles
de Gennes, 74, a pioneer in the field of liquid crystals and recipient
of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physics, died on May 18 at his home in
Orsay, near Paris. The cause of death was not reported. In a statement,
French President Nicolas Sarkozy described de Gennes as "an exceptional
physicist and one of our greatest scientists."