C60 extraction

Kraetschmer, Lamb, Fostiropoulos and Huffman.

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Crystals of Buckminsterfullerene obtained by Kraetschmer and co-workers
Crystals of Buckminsterfullerene obtained by Kraetschmer and co-workers

One of the most amazing images of the 20th Century, crystals of elemental carbon!

Sir Harry Kroto


Don and Wolfgang Kraetschmer
Don and Wolfgang Kraetschmer

The Sussex effort 

Sir Harry Kroto's Nobel lecture (PDF, 1.25MB).

Sir Harry Kroto's .

Sir Harry Kroto, "Jonathan Hare extracted a C60/C70 mixture five days prior to the faxed manuscript of the great paper by Kraetschmer, Lamb, Fostiropoulos and Huffman arriving on my desk at Sussex!"

"It might be noted that the authors of  were given a preliminary copy of our paper before the work was completed and prior to the finished work (ie, with details of complete chromatograhic separation and the complete nmr spectrum above) being submitted."

C60 extraction diagram
C60 extraction diagram