Until late in life, I was never quite good enough for my father, and I suppose that is part of what drives me even now, well after his death in 1992. Richard Smalley deathdrivefather Change image and share on social
I was born in Akron, Ohio, on June 6, 1943, one year to the day before D-Day, the allied invasion at Normandy. The youngest of four children, I was brought up in a wonderfully stable, loving family of strong Midwestern values. Richard Smalley akronallybear share on social
Essentially, every technology you have ever heard of, where electrons move from here to there, has the potential to be revolutionized by the availability of molecular wires made up of carbon. Organic chemists will start building devices. Molecular electronics could become reality. Richard Smalley availabilitybuildcarbon share on social
Administrators and scientists are excited by buckyballs for their own sake, and if they turn out to have practical applications, so much the better. Richard Smalley administratorapplicationbuckyball Change image and share on social
Clean water is a great example of something that depends on energy. And if you solve the water problem, you solve the food problem. Richard Smalley cleandependenergy Change image and share on social
Diamond, for all its great beauty, is not nearly as interesting as the hexagonal plane of graphite. It is not nearly as interesting because we live in a three-dimensional space, and in diamond, each atom is surrounded in all three directions in space by a full coordination. Richard Smalley atombeautycoordination share on social
