Gerhard Wegner

✍ Scribed by H. W. Spiess

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 161 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0935-9648
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(200002)12:4<249::aid-adma249>3.0.co;2-d

✦ Synopsis

in Mainz, and one of the driving forces behind the launch of this journal, celebrated his 60th birthday. His name is firmly linked with key concepts that govern the science of organic materials today, such as the selforganization of macromolecules, supramolecular chemistry, nanostructures, and the control of properties by molecular architecture. His scientific life clearly reflects the fact that he realized early on that the advancement of technology requires a transdisciplinary approachÐa term introduced more than 30 years laterÐinvolving synthetic chemistry, solid-state physics, and materials characterization by scattering, microscopy, and spectroscopy. The results of such basic research then allow the design and production of new devices.

During his career, he has gained an impressive breadth of expertise. After receiving a Ph.D.