Definition
Sir Harold Kroto (1939-2016) was a British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996. He discovered fullerenes, a new form of carbon. Fullerenes, like the buckyball, have unique properties and applications in nanotechnology. Think of him as a scientific explorer who found a whole new world of carbon structures. π¬ His work revolutionized chemistry and materials science. He promoted science education.