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Robert Curl
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American chemist (1933–2022)
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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- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,697x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,496x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,766x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,726x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,428x
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry1996
“for their discovery of fullerenes”
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life and education
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