Articles and Links About C60

Nobel Prize In Chemistry, 1996

October 9, 1996  Nobel Prize Press release : English / Swedish

“The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to: Professor Robert F. Curl, Jr., Rice University, Houston, USA, Professor Sir Harold W. Kroto, University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K., and Professor Richard E. Smalley, Rice University, Houston, USA for their discovery of fullerenes.”

What are Pure Carbon Fullerenes (C60)?

By Robert Wong and Chris Burres Co-Founders of SES Research, Inc.

“…Carbon Fullerenes were discovered in 1985 at Rice University in Houston, Texas. This newly discovered pure form of carbon amazed scientists worldwide with its hollow spherical closed cage structure. In fact all 10 of the most cited scientific papers in 1992 where on the topic of Fullerenes (https://www.the-scientist.com/the-most-cited-papers-in-chemistry-1991-93-by-subject- percent-of-total-58840). The most abundant of the carbon molecules are C60, C70, and C84. All of which are spherical closed caged molecules with the most abundant being C60. All these forms of Carbon Fullerenes are easily dissolved in non-polar solvents…”

Click link in title for full white paper.

Buckyballs (C60) – Periodic Table of Videos

Published by Periodic Videos: September 10, 2010

“We take a look at the famous Buckminsterfullerene, better known as buckyball or C60.” Link to video here >

Answer: How will C60 improve drug delivery systems?

Published by Nobel Prize: September 23, 2010

“Sir Harry Kroto, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1996, has answered a selection of your video and text questions from YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. This answer is in response to a question from Thenobelfan.” Link to video here >

C60 Study: The prolongation of the lifespan of rats by repeated oral administration of [60] fullerene

“We are proud to announce that SES Research’s very own C60 product was recently used in a highly successful scientific study…” available to read on ScienceDirect here >