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A dense film of a conventional surfactant is quite impermeable. On the other hand, a dense film of Janus grains always has some interstices between the grains, and allows for chemical exchange between the two sides; "the skin can breathe". This may possibly be of some practical interest.

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

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Born: October 24, 1932

Died: May 18, 2007 (aged 74)

Bio: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.

Known for:

The physics of liquid crystals (1974)
Superconductivity of metals and alloys (1966)
Simple views on condensed matter (1992)
Fragile objects (1996)
Introduction to polymer dynamics (1990)

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