kroto

uncountable · proper noun

A British chemist who, along with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley, discovered fullerenes and thereby opened a new branch of chemistry.

• 🇷🇺Британский химик, который вместе с Робертом Кёрлом и Ричардом Смолли открыл фуллерены и тем самым открыл новую ветвь химии.

1. British chemist C2 formal british scientific

   Sir Harold Kroto, a British chemist who, along with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley, discovered fullerenes, a new form of carbon, opening a new branch of chemistry.

   • Kroto's discovery of fullerenes revolutionized the field of carbon chemistry.
   • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Kroto, Curl, and Smalley in 1996.
   • Kroto's work on fullerenes led to new materials and applications in nanotechnology.

   🇷🇺Британский химик