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Also known as Robert Floyd Curl, Jr., R. Curl, R. F. Curl

American chemist (1933–2022)

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Robert Curl was an American chemist who lived from 1933 to 2022 and made important contributions to the field of chemistry during his lifetime. His work was significant enough to be recognized by the scientific community, though the specific nature of his most important discoveries would require additional context to fully explain.

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1933-08-23
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Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
date of death
2022-07-03
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Robert Floyd Curl Jr. (August 23, 1933 – July 3, 2022) was an American chemist who was Pitzer–Schlumberger Professor of Natural Sciences and professor of chemistry at Rice University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of the nanomaterial buckminsterfullerene, and hence the fullerene class of materials, along with Richard Smalley (also of Rice University) and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex.

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