(born August 23, 1933) is a University Professor Emeritus, Pitzer–Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus, and Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Rice University.
His high school offered only one year of chemistry instruction, but in his senior year his chemistry teacher gave him special projects to work on. Curl received a Bachelor of Science from Rice Institute (now Rice University) in 1954.
He is known in the residential college life at Rice University for being the first master of Lovett College. Curl retired in 2008 at the age of 74, becoming a University Professor Emeritus, Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus, and Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Rice University. ==Personal life== Curl married Jonel Whipple in 1955, with whom he had two children.
He earned his doctorate in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1957.
After that, he joined the faculty of Rice University in 1958.
Curl's research inspired Richard Smalley to come to Rice in 1976 with the intention of collaborating with Curl.
Curl Academic papers, 1981- 2008, bulk 1985-1993 MS 483, Rice University Richard E.
In 1985, Curl was contacted by Harold Kroto, who wanted to use a laser beam apparatus built by Smalley to simulate and study the formation of carbon chains in red giant stars.
Robert Curl's 1985 paper entitled "C60: Buckminsterfullerine", published with colleagues H.
Final Performance Report, August 1, 1985--July 31, 1994," National Accelerator Laboratory, Rice University, United States Department of Energy, (June 1995). Curl, R.
Curl Academic papers, 1981- 2008, bulk 1985-1993 MS 483, Rice University Richard E.
Final Performance Report, August 1, 1985--July 31, 1994," National Accelerator Laboratory, Rice University, United States Department of Energy, (June 1995). Curl, R.
Final Performance Report, August 1, 1985--July 31, 1994," National Accelerator Laboratory, Rice University, United States Department of Energy, (June 1995). Curl, R.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of the nanomaterial buckminsterfullerene, along with Richard Smalley (also of Rice University) and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex. == Early life and education == Born in Alice, Texas, United States, Curl was the son of a Methodist minister.
"Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy and Chemical Kinetics of Free Radicals, Final Technical Report," Rice University, United States Department of Energy, (November 2004). ==References== ==External links== Finding aid to the Guide to the Robert F.
He is known in the residential college life at Rice University for being the first master of Lovett College. Curl retired in 2008 at the age of 74, becoming a University Professor Emeritus, Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences Emeritus, and Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Rice University. ==Personal life== Curl married Jonel Whipple in 1955, with whom he had two children.
Curl Academic papers, 1981- 2008, bulk 1985-1993 MS 483, Rice University Richard E.
The discovery of fullerenes was recognized in 2010 by the designation of a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society at the Richard E.
Smalley, was honored by a Citation for Chemical Breakthrough Award from the Division of History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, presented to Rice University in 2015.
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