Richard Smalley

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Richard Smalley was an American chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering fullerenes, a new form of carbon.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry
chemist
human
nanotechnologist
academicDegree Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
PhD in Chemistry
almaMater Hope College NERFINISHED
Princeton University NERFINISHED
University of Michigan NERFINISHED
awardReceived American Physical Society International Prize for New Materials NERFINISHED
Franklin Medal NERFINISHED
Materials Research Society Medal NERFINISHED
Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996 NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath leukemia
coDiscovered buckminsterfullerene
fullerenes
coInventorWith Harold Kroto NERFINISHED
Robert Curl NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1943-06-06
dateOfDeath 2005-10-28
doctoralAdvisor Elliott R. Bernstein NERFINISHED
educatedAt Hope College NERFINISHED
Princeton University
University of Michigan
employer Rice University NERFINISHED
familyName Smalley NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork chemistry
cluster chemistry
nanotechnology
founded Rice University Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology NERFINISHED
fullName Richard Errett Smalley NERFINISHED
givenName Richard
knownFor buckminsterfullerene (C60) NERFINISHED
co-discovery of fullerenes
research on carbon nanotubes
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
notableIdea promotion of nanotechnology for energy applications
numberOfChildren 2
placeOfBirth Akron, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Houston, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld Professor of Chemistry at Rice University
Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University
religion Christianity
sharedNobelPrizeWith Harold Kroto NERFINISHED
Robert Curl NERFINISHED
spouse Debbie Smalley NERFINISHED
Judy Love NERFINISHED
workplace Rice University NERFINISHED

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Harry Kroto coDiscoveredWith Richard Smalley