Helmuth Möhwald
Helmuth Möhwald was a German physicist and founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam. His research focus on molecular interfaces, ultrathin films, coated colloids and capsules, membranes, and nanostructured and functional interfaces. Together with Gero Decher and Yuri Lvov, Möhwald is credited with developing the technique of layer-by-layer assembly for multicomponent films made up of polyions, as well as other charged materials.
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Helmuth Möhwald was a German physicist and founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam. His research focus on molecular interfaces, ultrathin films, coated colloids and capsules, membranes, and nanostructured and functional interfaces. Together with Gero Decher and Yuri Lvov, Möhwald is credited with developing the technique of layer-by-layer assembly for multicomponent films made up of polyions, as well as other charged materials.
Top Publications
- Nanoengineering of Inorganic and Hybrid Hollow Spheres by Colloidal Templating (1998) - 4,138 citations
- Novel Hollow Polymer Shells by Colloid-Templated Assembly of Polyelectrolytes (1998) - 1,835 citations
- Structure and phase transitions in Langmuir monolayers (1999) - 1,546 citations
- Diverse Applications of Nanomedicine (2017) - 1,372 citations
- Halloysite Clay Nanotubes for Controlled Release of Protective Agents (2008) - 939 citations
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- Full name
- Helmuth Möhwald
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-7833-3786
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5111573777
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- Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions, Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
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- 4,138OpenAlex citations
- Novel Hollow Polymer Shells by Colloid-Templated Assembly of Polyelectrolytes ↗1998 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition1,835OpenAlex citations
- Structure and phase transitions in Langmuir monolayers ↗1999 · Reviews of Modern Physics1,546OpenAlex citations
- Diverse Applications of Nanomedicine ↗2017 · ACS Nano1,372OpenAlex citations
- 939OpenAlex citations
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- Novel Hollow Polymer Shells by Colloid-Templated Assembly of Polyelectrolytes ↗1998 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Structure and phase transitions in Langmuir monolayers ↗1999 · Reviews of Modern Physics
- Diverse Applications of Nanomedicine ↗2017 · ACS Nano
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