Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (CNRS gold medallist in 1980, Nobel prize in physics in 1991) has introduced new trends in the laboratory. Initially centred on surface and interface effects in superconductors, …
André Guinier
AAndré Guinier and his followers have introduced, using original techniques involving small-angle X-ray scattering and large-angle X-ray diffuse scattering, methods for a fine analysis of organisation and local order in …
Raimond Castaing
Raimond Castaing (CNRS gold medallist in 1975), inventor of the electron microprobe utilising X-ray secondary emission from a PhD subject given by André Guinier, and his followers, have developed new …
Jacques Friedel
Jacques Friedel (CNRS gold medallist in 1970) and his followers have been pioneers in studying electronic structures in metals and alloys, then in spin glasses and surfaces. These early works …
