American chemist who with Richard E. Smalley and Sir Harold W. Kroto
discovered the first fullerene, a spherical cluster of carbon atoms,
in 1985. The discovery opened a new branch of chemistry, and all three
men were awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their work. |
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