The Science Legacy of Sir Harold Kroto

2026-04-30T11:31:48+01:00April 30th, 2026|NEWS|

The Science Legacy of Sir Harold Kroto Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Harry Kroto, a scientist whose discovery of buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀), launched modern nanotechnology research. With Robert Curl and Richard Smalley he identified the football shaped molecule made up of 60 carbon atoms and shared with them the chemistry Nobel [...]