Indeed, and two of the 1996 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, Richard Smalley and Robert Curl, performed their initial work on fullerenes at Rice [1]. The universit

Indeed, and two of the 1996 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, Richard Smalley and Robert Curl, performed their initial work on fullerenes at Rice [1]. The university has a rich history working with nanotubes and other fullerenes. 1. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1996/press.html http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1...