Sir Harold Walter Kroto
(1939-2016), ChemistSitter in 4 portraits
Chemist. Kroto initiated work on carbon chain molecules, combining research in synthesis, spectroscopy and radioastronomy. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of fullerenes or 'buckyballs', hollow carbon molecules with the potential for extensive manipulation. '...my research is in nanoscience and nanotechnology. One day this field should lead to tiny molecular machines which can buzz around inside us, supercomputers in our pockets as well as construction materials 100 times stronger than steel.'
by Anne-Katrin Purkiss
bromide print, October 1996
NPG x87222
by Anne-Katrin Purkiss
bromide fibre print, October 1996
NPG x87221
by James F. Hunkin
R-type colour print, August 2001
NPG x126338
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