Robert F. Curl
1933-
American chemist who discovered fullerenes, a new form of carbon that had been predicted but not previously found in nature or synthesized. Since its synthesis in the laboratory, ...
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American scientist Robert F. Curl, Jr., a professor of physical chemistry at Rice University, won the 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, along with fellow Rice professor Richard E. Smalley and Briton Har...
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Robert Floyd Curl was born in Alice, Texas, on August 23, 1933. He credits receiving a chemistry set for Christmas when he was nine years old with sparking his interest in chemistry. According to his ...
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Robert F. Curl
Robert Floyd Curl, Jr.
Robert Floyd Curl, Jr.