The 2009 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: Sir Harold Kroto, Chemistry 1996

Summary

English Chemist Harold Kroto shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of Fullerenes (C₆₀), molecules composed completely of carbon that form hollow spheres (also known as Buckyballs), tubes, or ellipsoids. These structures hold the potential for use in future technologies ranging from drug development and antimicrobial agents, to armor and superconductors.

References

1. The Nobel Prizes 1996. Les Prix Nobel. Frängsmyr, T. , Nobel Foundation. Stockholm. 173 (1997).
2. Robert F. Curl Jr. Interview [Internet]. , The Nobel Foundation. Available from: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1996/curl-interview.html (c2003).

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Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Harold Kroto Chemistry 1996 Nobel Prize Fullerenes Carbon Molecules Buckyballs Potential Applications Drug Development Antimicrobial Agents Armor Superconductors Wisbech Cambridgeshire Bolton Sheffield University Ph.D. Richard Dixon National Research Council (NRC) Ottowa Canada Microwave Spectroscopy Bell Laboratories University Of Sussex Astronomy