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Robert Curl

1933–2022 · United States · Born 1900–1939

Nobel Chemistry 1996

American chemist who co-discovered fullerenes, a new molecular form of carbon.

Nobel-winning work

With Harold Kroto and Richard Smalley he discovered fullerenes, cage-like carbon molecules such as buckminsterfullerene C60 produced in laser-vaporised graphite, opening a new field of carbon chemistry and nanoscience.

Fields

Physical chemistryMaterials chemistry

Related topics

Carbon nanotubes, graphene, 2D materials

Relate carbon bonding and dimensionality to the electronic, mechanical, and optical properties of nanotubes, graphene, and other atomically thin materials.

Chemists in the same field

Paul J. Crutzen (1933)Richard R. Ernst (1933)Dudley R. Herschbach (1932)Alan J. Heeger (1936)Gerhard Ertl (1936)Hideki Shirakawa (1936)