Session N7 - Monolayers and Multilayers: Agnes Pockels and Katharine Blodgett.
INVITED session, Wednesday morning, March 24
516C, Palais des Congres
The experimental methods for the preparation and study of monolayers at the air/water interface devised by Agnes Pockels just over 100 years ago remain fundamental tools for monolayer research. From the standpoint of physics, they have provided an entry to a unique world of two dimensions that continues to attract interest; they and have led to applications in materials and biology. I will draw from recent experiments that show the continuing impact of Pockel’s work in what continues to be a lively area of science.