Research areas

The areas of scientific research Sir Harry Kroto was involved with.

Harry Kroto's original printout with his comments written on the scan — Harry Kroto's original printout with his comments written on the scan, before they knew what the structure of C60 might be.

Buckminsterfullerene

Crystals of Buckminsterfullerene obtained by Kraetschmer and co-workers

Illustration of C60 in space

Fullerenes in space

Algonquin Park Telescope — The Algonquin Park Telescope with which Harry Kroto and colleagues discovered the long carbon chain molecules HCnN (n= 5, 7, 9).

Spectroscopy

Papers and research worked on by Sir Harry Kroto in the area of spectroscopy.

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C28 mass spectrum — Mass spectrum from Sussex, with a system built with Tony Stace.

Special nature of C28

Quantum chemistry

Semi-empirical molecular-orbital theory of molecular spectra.

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Flash photolysis diagram

Flash photolysis

Raman spectroscopy

Sir Harry Kroto and colleagues' articles and papers relating to Raman spectroscopy.

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Florian Banhart’s observations of the birth of a metal cluster catalysed multiwalled nanotube — Florian Banhart’s observations of the birth of a metal cluster catalysed multiwalled nanotube.

Nanoscience and nanotechnology

Isolated pentagon rule

Sir Harry Kroto and colleagues' discovery of the isolated pentagon rule, and related papers.

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Prototypical MOF structure made up of a periodic arrangement of inorganic (metal) and organic components.

Florida State University research