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C60 and C70: The Isolated Pentagon Rule (IPR) for Pristine Fullerene Stability – Kroto Simultaneously Proven by Schmalz et al
Dr. Kroto explains his Isolated Pentagon Rule and how it contributes to fullerene stability
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Amongst the Nobel Laureates lecturing in Lindau, Sir Harold Kroto would probably earn the award for the most unusual and characteristic way of presenting. This lecture, which is the first he ever gave in Lindau, is no exception. Kroto`s way of presen....
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Fullerene C28
Jonathan describes a smaller 'buckyball' with its inherent differences from C60.
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How the structures of fullerene molecules obey the rules of mathematics discovered long ago by Euler.
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The Dawn of the Fullerenes: A Research Adventure
When he received the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Richard E. Smalley (who also worked at Rice) and Sir Harold Kroto (at the time at the University of Sussex, UK), this was a true example of national and international scientific collabo....
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