The first fullerene to be discovered, and the family's namesake, buckminsterfullerene ( C < sub > 60 </ sub >), was prepared in 1985 by Richard Smalley, Robert Curl, James Heath, Sean O ' Brien, and Harold Kroto at Rice University.

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Sir Harold ( Harry ) Walter Kroto, FRS ( born 7 October 1939 as Harold Walter Krotoschiner ), is a British chemist and one of the three recipients to share the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley.

Fullerenes were discovered in 1985 by Harry Kroto, Richard Smalley, and Robert Curl, who together won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry .< ref >

In 1996, along with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at Rice, and Harold Kroto, a professor at the University of Sussex, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene (" buckyballs "), and was a leading advocate of nanotechnology and its many applications, including its use in creating strong but lightweight materials as well as its potential to fight cancer.

As a consequence of this expertise, Robert Curl introduced him to Harry Kroto in order to investigate a question about the constituents of astronomical dust.

The research that earned Kroto, Smalley and Curl the Nobel Prize mostly comprised three articles.

* APS International Prize for New Materials, 1992 ( Joint with R. F. Curl & H. W. Kroto )

* Chemistry – Robert Curl, Sir Harold Kroto, Richard Smalley

* Harold Kroto, Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discover C < sub > 60 </ sub >, soon followed by their discovery of fullerenes.

** Chemistry: Robert Curl, Sir Harold Kroto, Richard Smalley

A collaboration between Jim Heath, Sean O ' Brien, Robert Curl, Harry Kroto and Richard Smalley aimed to measure the microwave spectra of unsaturated carbon chain molecules that Kroto hoped to identify around carbon-rich stars.

This work and subsequent developments led to the current interest in carbon nanotubes and a Nobel prize for Kroto, Smalley and Curl in 1996.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of fullerene ( with Richard Smalley, also of Rice University, and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex ).

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of fullerene ( with the late Richard Smalley, also of Rice University, and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex ).

Sir Harry Kroto, who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of buckyballs commented: " This most exciting breakthrough provides convincing evidence that the buckyball has, as I long suspected, existed since time immemorial in the dark recesses of our galaxy.

* Sir Harry Kroto, 1996 Nobel Laureate in chemistry, for the discovery of fullerenes.

* Harold W. Kroto ( Chemistry, 1996 )

* Harold Kroto, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1996

* 1939 – Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

In the sciences Sussex counts among its past and present faculty five Nobel Prize winners: Sir Anthony Leggett, Sir Paul Nurse, Archer Martin, Sir John Cornforth and Professor Harry Kroto.

** Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

" Among those conducting research at this facility is Nobel Laureate Sir Harold W. Kroto.

* Prof. Sir Harry Kroto, NL, Astrophysical Chemistry Lecture Series.

Examples include Michael Faraday, who, with James Clerk Maxwell, unified the electric and magnetic forces in what are now known as Maxwell's equations ; James Joule, who worked extensively in thermodynamics and is often credited with the discovery of the principle of conservation of energy ; Paul Dirac, one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics ; naturalist Charles Darwin, author of On the Origin of Species and discoverer of the principle of evolution by natural selection ; Harold Kroto, the discoverer of buckminsterfullerene ; William Thomson ( Baron Kelvin ) who drew important conclusions in the field of thermodynamics and invented the Kelvin scale of absolute zero ; botanist Robert Brown discovered the random movement of particles suspended in a fluid ( Brownian motion ); and the creator of Bell's Theorem, John Stewart Bell.

Kroto was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, to Edith and Heinz Krotoschiner, with his name being of Silesian origin.

* 1985 — Harry Kroto, J. R. Heath, S. C. O ' Brien, R. F.

* Interview with Manfred Eigen by Harry Kroto, NL Freeview video provided by the Vega Science Trust.

Curl, and Richard Smalley discovered the unusual stability of the buckminsterfullerene molecule and deduce its structure.

Although at that time there were 42 recognized lifts, the “ Strength Set ” ( Curl, Bench Press, and Squat ) soon became the standard competition lifts, and both organizations held Championships on these lifts ( as well as on the Olympic lifts ) until 1965.

Follow up singles were " Kiss Curl " and " C ' Mon Let's Go " in 1960 and " Mr Loneliness " in 1961, they had local support but were almost unknown beyond South Island.

They were at Later ... with Jools Holland where they performed " Black Tongue " & " Curl of the Burl ".

Adams started her own businesses: Edie Adams Cosmetics, which were sold door to door, and Edie Adams Cut ' n ' Curl beauty salons, which she began in 1967.

The styling and prototype body mouldings were produced by Bob Curl in Hastings.

The well-known Egyptian cult of the dead inspired the Egyptian Revival themes first employed in Highgate Cemetery, near London, which was opened in 1839 by a company founded by the designer-entrepreneur Stephen Geary ( 1797 – 1854 ); its architectural features, which included a ' Gothic Catacomb ' as well as an ' Egyptian Avenue ', were brought to public attention once more by James Stevens Curl.

After earlier being awarded the title prematurely as a result of a miscalculation by the ASP, on November 6, 2011 Slater officially won his eleventh ASP world title at the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco, by winning his 4th round heat.

* Robert F. Curl, Jr. ( Ph. D. 1957 Chemistry )-Nobel laureate ( 1996 )

* H. M. Schey ( 1996 ) Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, ISBN 0-393-96997-5.

** " Curl Up And Die " ( with Anthony Williams, in 2000 AD # 982, 1996 )

* 1933 – Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

* August 23 – Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

* Robert F. Curl Jr., Nobel Prize Winner, was born on August 23, 1933 in Alice, Texas.