Helmuth Mö hwald (1946−2018) him closely understand how much “his” ideas are still present in such manuscripts, even when he was not listed as a coauthor. Still, Helmuth was enormously productive, with close to 1000 publications. It was always inspiring to discuss research with Helmuth; he was an excellent teacher who could distill complicated science down to straightforward concepts. He was always open and direct with his opinion, so he would point out if he thought an idea was not scientifically sound. Helmuth could always be trusted to give his frank and open views and, with his decades of experience in science, his judgements were always thoughtful, informative, and extremely helpful. He likewise always gave his unbiased opinion at our editors’ meetings, including on “delicate” matters, which made each of us and ACS Nano as a journal better as a result.
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t is with great sorrow that we announce that our fellow editor, colleague, and friend, Prof. Helmuth Möhwald passed away on March 27th. His passing came as a great shock to us all, as Helmuth was very active until his last days and we were looking forward to seeing him at our ACS Nano editors’ meetings in New Orleans last month.
Although our sorrow about the death of Helmuth prevails, he has left indelible marks on the field and he will not be forgotten. Scientifically, Helmuth Möhwald made his name in greatly advancing our understanding and control of the physics and chemistry of interfaces. The concepts that he and his former lab members introduced are now used by many thousands of researchersan entire community that sees the potential of the technology. Although the first attempts at the commercialization of the technology by Helmuth did not succeed, products based on Helmuth’s ideas are now on their way to the market, which gave him great pleasure. Dear Helmuth, we miss you dearly and will always remember you. Your friends and colleagues at ACS Nano,
Prof. Helmuth Möhwald. Image courtesy of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. Helmuth was born on January 19, 1946 in Germany. He studied physics and received his Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen. Early in his career, Helmuth began working across disciplines and became involved with chemistry research as well. He spent time as a postdoctoral fellow in the United States, then worked in industry, before starting his academic career at the Universität Ulm doing his Habilitation. He moved on to become an Associate Professor at the Technische Universität München, and then Full Professor at the Wilhelm Gutenberg Universität Mainz. In 1993, he became Director of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam-Golm. He joined ACS Nano as an associate editor in 2013. Helmuth made important contributions to the field of lipid monolayers and revolutionized thin polymer coatings through his innovations in the layer-by-layer field. Although our sorrow about the death of Helmuth prevails, he has left indelible marks on the field and he will not be forgotten. Helmuth’s scientific legacy is manifested by the more than 100 scientists who trained in his group and are now professors leading their own research groups. In the truest meaning of the word, Helmuth has created a scientific “school” as scientists from his group have spread around the entire world. Helmuth was always dedicated to people. He supported the careers of many young researchers and, particularly in his last year, his main activity was mentoring his present and former group members. Helmuth set research trends decades ago. He never put his name on the work of his group members if he did not make a significant contribution. By having researchers from his group publish their work without his name listed as a coauthor, he helped the careers of many young scientists. Those who knew © 2018 American Chemical Society
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Warren W. C. Chan, Associate Editor
Manish Chhowalla, Associate Editor
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