© Copyright 1998 by the American Chemical Society
VOLUME 102, NUMBER 49, DECEMBER 3, 1998
Allen J. Bard Festschrift A Personal Note It has been a great pleasure for me to have handled the editorial duties of this special Festschrift Issue honoring the 65th birthday of Allen J. Bard. This is because one of the major areas of my own research has been in the field of photoelectrochemistry (viz., photoeffects at interfaces between semiconductors and molecules in solution), and when I entered this field in 1975, there was Allen Bardsjust beginning to publish the first of a remarkable series of over 125 ground-breaking papers that covered the gamut of photoelectrochemical topics. Some of Allen’s pioneering achievements in this field, as well as those in several other fields, are described in the ensuing biographical sketch by Guest Editors Henry S. White and Richard M. Crooks. Allen’s innovations in photoelectrochemistry continue to this very moment; in this issue, Allen and his co-workers report the first probe of hot electron injection processes at electrode surfaces based on electrogenerated chemiluminescence. This latest contribution is especially appreciated by me because of my longstanding interest in hot electron transfer at semiconductor-molecule interfaces. As readily seen and documented in Allen Bard’s biographical sketch, photoelectrochemistry was only just one of many fields of science in which Allen has made enormous contributions. He has authored or co-authored over 700 manuscripts, books, and book chapters which have enriched and advanced a broad range of scientific subjects. The broad scope of Allen’s scientific interests is reflected in the correspondingly broad range of topics covered by Allen’s colleagues and collaborators in this Festschrift Issue. In all of these fields, Allen Bard’s science is characterized by creativity, innovation, breadth, and impact. His capacity for work and multiple tasking is legendary. He is the quintessence of the adage: “if you want to get something done ask a busy person”; this is also eminently apparent from reading Allen’s biographical sketch. It has been a privilege to have known and interacted with Allen J. Bard as a scientific colleague. I join his admiring friends and scientific peers in honoring Allen Bard’s 65th birthday. Arthur J. Nozik Senior Editor
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