Kroto, 1996 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry to lecture at CAU

By Ernie Suggs

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sir Harold W. Kroto, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in chemistry, will lecture on “Carbon in Nano and Outer Space” at Clark Atlanta University on Tuesday.

Kroto won the Nobel Prize for his co-discovery of "buckminsterfullerines" or "buckyballs," a new form carbon. The molecule consists of 60 carbon atoms arranged as a spheroid, in a pattern matching the stitching on soccer balls.

The look reminded Kroto of the geodesic domes designed by architect Buckminster Fuller. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 11 a.m. in the Thomas W. Cole Jr. Center, 223 James P. Brawley Drive, S.W.