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D-Index
75
Citations
44728
World Ranking
4356
National Ranking
1379

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1961 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Robert F. Curl is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their academic career includes recognition by several prestigious institutions.

Throughout their career, Robert F. Curl has been awarded the status of Fellow by multiple organizations. They became a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1961. Later, they were named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1998. In 2001, they were also recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

This scientist's work covers areas that are not detailed here, but their affiliation with Rice University suggests involvement in advanced research and academic activities within their respective fields of study.

Best Publications

  • C 60 : Buckminsterfullerene

    H. W. Kroto;H. W. Kroto;J. R. Heath;S. C. O’Brien;R. F. Curl

  • Lanthanum complexes of spheroidal carbon shells

    J. R. Heath;S. C. O'Brien;Q. Zhang;Y. Liu

  • Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy

    Anatoliy A. Kosterev

  • The Volumetric and Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids. II. Compressibility Factor, Vapor Pressure and Entropy of Vaporization1

    Kenneth S. Pitzer;David Z. Lippmann;R. F. Curl;Charles M. Huggins

  • Quantum cascade lasers in chemical physics

    Robert F. Curl;Federico Capasso;Claire F. Gmachl;Anatoliy A. Kosterev

  • Reactivity of large carbon clusters: spheroidal carbon shells and their possible relevance to the formation and morphology of soot

    Q. L. Zhang;S. C. O'Brien;J. R. Heath;Y. Liu

  • Photophysics of buckminsterfullerene and other carbon cluster ions

    S. C. O'Brien;J. R. Heath;R. F. Curl;R. E. Smalley

  • The Volumetric and Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids. III. Empirical Equation for the Second Virial Coefficient1

    Kenneth S. Pitzer;R. F. Curl

  • Application of quantum cascade lasers to trace gas analysis

    A. Kosterev;Gerard Wysocki;Y. Bakhirkin;S. So

  • Microwave Spectrum, Barrier to Internal Rotation, and Structure of Methyl Formate

    R. F. Curl

  • Photophysics of metal complexes of spheroidal carbon shells

    F. D. Weiss;J. L. Elkind;S. C. O'Brien;R. F. Curl

  • Widely tunable mode-hop free external cavity quantum cascade laser for high resolution spectroscopic applications

    G. Wysocki;R. F. Curl;F.K. Tittel;R. Maulini

  • Supersonic cluster beams of III–V semiconductors: GaxAsy

    S. C. O'Brien;Y. Liu;Q. Zhang;J. R. Heath

  • Photodetachment and photofragmentation studies of semiconductor cluster anions

    Y. Liu;Q.‐L. Zhang;F. K. Tittel;R. F. Curl

  • The formation of long carbon chain molecules during laser vaporization of graphite

    J. R. Heath;Q. Zhang;S. C. O'Brien;R. F. Curl

  • Semiconductor cluster beams: One and two color ionization studies of Six and Gex

    J. R. Heath;Yuan Liu;S. C. O’Brien;Qing‐Ling Zhang

  • Microwave Spectrum of NO2: Fine Structure and Magnetic Coupling

    George R. Bird;James C. Baird;Albert W. Jache;Jimmie A. Hodgeson

  • Photodissociation of semiconductor positive cluster ions

    Q.‐L. Zhang;Y. Liu;R. F. Curl;F. K. Tittel

  • Widely tunable mode-hop free external cavity quantum cascade lasers for high resolution spectroscopy and chemical sensing

    Gerard Wysocki;R. Lewicki;R. F. Curl;F. K. Tittel

  • Mid-infrared quantum cascade laser based off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy for biogenic nitric oxide detection

    Yury A. Bakhirkin;Anatoliy A. Kosterev;Chad Roller;Robert F. Curl

  • Chemical sensors based on quantum cascade lasers

    F.K. Tittel;A.A. Kosterev;Y.A. Bakhirkin;C.B. Roller

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank K. Tittel
Frank K. Tittel Rice University
Richard E. Smalley
Richard E. Smalley Rice University
James R. Heath
James R. Heath California Institute of Technology
Harold W. Kroto
Harold W. Kroto Florida State University
Terry A. Miller
Terry A. Miller The Ohio State University
Federico Capasso
Federico Capasso Harvard University
Kenneth S. Pitzer
Kenneth S. Pitzer University of California, Berkeley
Claire F. Gmachl
Claire F. Gmachl Princeton University
John M. Brown
John M. Brown University of Oxford
Leo W. Hollberg
Leo W. Hollberg Stanford University

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