Robert Floyd Curl Jr. (Noun)
Meaning
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Robert Floyd Curl Jr. was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for his discovery of fullerenes.
- The research team led by Robert Floyd Curl Jr. used a laser to vaporize carbon and then allowed the resulting gas to cool and condense into tiny particles.
- Robert Floyd Curl Jr. was born on August 23, 1933, in Alice, Texas, and grew up in a family of modest means.
- Robert Floyd Curl Jr. received his Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Rice University in 1954 and went on to earn his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
- Robert Floyd Curl Jr. is currently a professor emeritus at Rice University, where he continues to conduct research and teach chemistry.