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'''Donald R. Huffman''' (born 1935) is a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the [[University of Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.physics.arizona.edu/physics/people.php?page=emeritus&group=f |title=The University of Arizona Department of Physics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2006–2014 |accessdate=June 18, 2014}}</ref> With [[Wolfgang Krätschmer]], he developed a technique in 1990 for the simple production of large quantities of C<sub>60</sub>, or [[Buckminsterfullerene]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1996/presentation-speech.html |title=[Nobel] Award Ceremony Speech |last1=Eberson |first1=Lennart |date=1996 |accessdate=June 19, 2014 |quote=Only in 1990 were physicists Donald Huffman and Wolfgang Krätschmer able to produce gram-sized quantities of C<sub>60</sub> using a method that could be quickly and inexpensively duplicated in any laboratory. This made it possible to apply the whole battery of structural determination methods and show that C<sub>60</sub> really had the structure its discoverers had hypothesized.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Krätschmer |first=Wolfgang |last2=Lamb |first2=Lowell D. |last3=Fostiropoulos |first3=Konstantinos |last4=Huffman |first4=Donald R. |date=27 September 1990 |title=Solid C<sub>60</sub>: a new form of carbon |url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v347/n6291/abs/347354a0.html |journal=Nature |publisher=Nature Publishing Group |issue=347 |pages=354–358 |doi=10.1038/347354a0 |accessdate=19 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Huffman |first=Donald R. |date=November 1991 |title=Solid C<sub>60</sub> |journal=Physics Today |volume=44 |issue=11 |pages=22–29 |doi=10.1063/1.881295}}</ref> Previously, in 1982~1983, he and Krätschmer had found, in a UV spectrum, the first signal of C<sub>60</sub> ever observed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hargittai |first1=Balazs |last2=Hargittai |first2=István |date=2005 |title=Candid Science V: Conversations with Famous Scientists |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=aFHyUfFUVIwC&pg=PA390&dq=Donald+Huffman+fullerene&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q=Donald%20Huffman%20fullerene&f=false |publisher=Imperial College Press |page=393 |isbn= }}</ref>
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'''Donald R. Huffman''' (born 1935) is a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the [[University of Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.physics.arizona.edu/physics/people.php?page=emeritus&group=f |title=The University of Arizona Department of Physics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2006–2014 |accessdate=June 18, 2014}}</ref> With [[Wolfgang Krätschmer]], he developed a technique in 1990 for the simple production of large quantities of C<sub>60</sub>, or [[Buckminsterfullerene]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1996/presentation-speech.html |title=[Nobel] Award Ceremony Speech |last1=Eberson |first1=Lennart |date=1996 |accessdate=June 19, 2014 |quote=Only in 1990 were physicists Donald Huffman and Wolfgang Krätschmer able to produce gram-sized quantities of C<sub>60</sub> using a method that could be quickly and inexpensively duplicated in any laboratory. This made it possible to apply the whole battery of structural determination methods and show that C<sub>60</sub> really had the structure its discoverers had hypothesized.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Krätschmer |first1=Wolfgang |last2=Lamb |first2=Lowell D. |last3=Fostiropoulos |first3=Konstantinos |last4=Huffman |first4=Donald R. |date=27 September 1990 |title=Solid C<sub>60</sub>: a new form of carbon |journal=Nature |volume=347 |publisher=Nature Publishing Group |issue=6291 |pages=354–358 |doi=10.1038/347354a0 |s2cid=4359360 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Huffman |first=Donald R. |date=November 1991 |title=Solid C<sub>60</sub> |journal=Physics Today |volume=44 |issue=11 |pages=22–29 |doi=10.1063/1.881295}}</ref> Previously, in 1982~1983, he and Krätschmer had found, in a UV spectrum, the first signal of C<sub>60</sub> ever observed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hargittai |first1=Balazs |last2=Hargittai |first2=István |date=2005 |title=Candid Science V: Conversations with Famous Scientists |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFHyUfFUVIwC&dq=Donald+Huffman+fullerene&pg=PA390 |publisher=Imperial College Press |page=393 |isbn= 9781860945052}}</ref>
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Dr. Huffman was featured prominently in the PBS Nova documentary, originally aired in 1995, "Race to Catch a Buckyball".<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Race to Catch a Buckyball |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/programs/2216_buckybal.html |accessdate=19 June 2014 |series=NOVA Teachers |network=PBS |date=19 December 1995 }}</ref>

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Huffman was featured prominently in "Race to Catch a Buckyball", a 1995 episode of the ''[[Nova (American TV program)|Nova]]'' [[documentary series]].<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Race to Catch a Buckyball |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/programs/2216_buckybal.html |accessdate=19 June 2014 |series=NOVA Teachers |network=PBS |date=19 December 1995 }}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* Bohren, Craig F. and Donald R. Huffman, Absorption and scattering of light by small particles, New York : Wiley, 1998, 530 p., ISBN 0-471-29340-7, ISBN 978-0-471-29340-8
* Bohren, Craig F. and Donald R. Huffman, Absorption and scattering of light by small particles, New York : Wiley, 1998, 530 p., {{ISBN|0-471-29340-7}}, {{ISBN|978-0-471-29340-8}}

==Awards==
*Hewlett Packard Europhysics Prize, 1994 (with Wolfgang Kraetschmer, [[Harold Kroto]] and Richard Smalley)
*Materials Research Society, Gold Medal 1993, For Synthesis and Pioneering Study of Fullerenes<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mrs.org/medal |title=Materials Research Society MRS Medal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1990–2016 |accessdate=February 19, 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of textbooks in electromagnetism]]


==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 12:10, 28 December 2023

Donald R. Huffman
NationalityAmerican
Known forBuckminsterfullerene
Scientific career
FieldsChemist
InstitutionsUniversity of Arizona
Buckminsterfullerene, C60

Donald R. Huffman (born 1935) is a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Arizona.[1] With Wolfgang Krätschmer, he developed a technique in 1990 for the simple production of large quantities of C60, or Buckminsterfullerene.[2][3][4] Previously, in 1982~1983, he and Krätschmer had found, in a UV spectrum, the first signal of C60 ever observed.[5]

Huffman was featured prominently in "Race to Catch a Buckyball", a 1995 episode of the Nova documentary series.[6]

Bibliography

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  • Bohren, Craig F. and Donald R. Huffman, Absorption and scattering of light by small particles, New York : Wiley, 1998, 530 p., ISBN 0-471-29340-7, ISBN 978-0-471-29340-8

Awards

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  • Hewlett Packard Europhysics Prize, 1994 (with Wolfgang Kraetschmer, Harold Kroto and Richard Smalley)
  • Materials Research Society, Gold Medal 1993, For Synthesis and Pioneering Study of Fullerenes[7]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "The University of Arizona Department of Physics". 2006–2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  2. ^ Eberson, Lennart (1996). "[Nobel] Award Ceremony Speech". Retrieved June 19, 2014. Only in 1990 were physicists Donald Huffman and Wolfgang Krätschmer able to produce gram-sized quantities of C60 using a method that could be quickly and inexpensively duplicated in any laboratory. This made it possible to apply the whole battery of structural determination methods and show that C60 really had the structure its discoverers had hypothesized.
  3. ^ Krätschmer, Wolfgang; Lamb, Lowell D.; Fostiropoulos, Konstantinos; Huffman, Donald R. (27 September 1990). "Solid C60: a new form of carbon". Nature. 347 (6291). Nature Publishing Group: 354–358. doi:10.1038/347354a0. S2CID 4359360.
  4. ^ Huffman, Donald R. (November 1991). "Solid C60". Physics Today. 44 (11): 22–29. doi:10.1063/1.881295.
  5. ^ Hargittai, Balazs; Hargittai, István (2005). Candid Science V: Conversations with Famous Scientists. Imperial College Press. p. 393. ISBN 9781860945052.
  6. ^ "Race to Catch a Buckyball". NOVA Teachers. 19 December 1995. PBS. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Materials Research Society MRS Medal". 1990–2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017.


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