Kroto

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Kroto is the surname of Sir Harry Kroto, the Nobel Prize–winning chemist known for co-discovering the carbon molecule buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀).

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instanceOf human
molecule
science award
surname
academicDegree PhD in chemistry
awardReceived Copley Medal
Faraday Lectureship Prize NERFINISHED
Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED
Royal Medal
awardRecipient Harry Kroto NERFINISHED
birthName Harold Walter Krotoschiner NERFINISHED
chemicalFormula C60
citizenship British
coDiscovererOf buckminsterfullerene NERFINISHED
coDiscovererWith Richard Smalley NERFINISHED
Robert Curl NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1939-10-07
dateOfDeath 2016-04-30
educatedAt University of Sheffield NERFINISHED
employer Florida State University NERFINISHED
University of Sussex NERFINISHED
familyName Kroto NERFINISHED
Krotoschiner NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork chemistry
nanotechnology
physical chemistry
givenName Harold
hasPart surname Kroto
honorificPrefix Sir
knownFor co-discovery of buckminsterfullerene
research on fullerenes
spectroscopy of carbon chains
languageOfOrigin German
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Society
nobleTitle Knight Bachelor NERFINISHED
notableWork identification of C60 molecule
occupation chemist
placeOfBirth Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Lewes, East Sussex, England NERFINISHED
positionHeld Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University
Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sussex
subclassOf fullerene
usedBy Harold Walter Krotoschiner NERFINISHED
Harry Kroto NERFINISHED

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Harry Kroto familyName Kroto