Richard E Smalley received a share of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for identifying new carbon cluster structures. Laser vaporization experiments helped establish the existence of fullerene molecules.
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Richard E Smalley
Nobel Prize history for Richard E Smalley based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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