Harry Kroto
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Sir Harold Walter Kroto was an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. He was the recipient of many other h
Kroto in 2011
Sir Harold Kroto at CSICon 2011
Fullerene
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A fullerene is an allotrope of carbon whose molecules consist of carbon atoms connected to form a closed cage. The molecules may have hollow sphere- and ellipsoid-like forms, tubes, or other shapes. T
Harry Kroto
…1939 – 30 April 2016) was an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. He was the recipient of many other honors and awards. Kroto ended his career as the Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University…
C60 fullerite (bulk solid C60).
Fullerite (scanning electron microscope image)
Solutions of C70 (left) and C60 in 1,2-dichlorobenzene.