Richard Smalley Papers,
1990-1998, bulk 1990-1993
Smalley, Richard
E.
MS 490
3 cubic feet
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice
University, Houston, TX
This material is in English.
The papers of Nobel
Prize winning chemist and physicist Richard E. Smalley are comprised the
lectures, presentations and supporting materials leading to Smalley's discovery
of fullerenes, which eventually lead to his Nobel Prize. Included are lectures
and presentations, conferences attended, awards received, and articles written.
The actual laboratory research notes and materials are not included. Smalley
has been affiliated with Rice University since 1976.
Biographical Note
Richard E. Smalley, the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry
since 1982 and Professor of Physics at Rice University since 1990, has been
affiliated with Rice since 1976. A co-founder of the Rice Quantum Institute in
1979, he has served as its chairman since 1986, and is the director of the
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology. He is a member of the National
Academy of Sciences (elected 1990), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(elected 1991), and is the recipient of the 1991 Irving Langmuir Prize in
chemical physics, the 1992 International Prize for New Materials (shared with
R.F. Curl and H.W. Kroto), the 1992 E.O. Lawrence Award of the U.S. Department
of Energy, the 1992 Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry, the 1993 William H.
Nichols Medal, and the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (shared with R.F. Curl and
H.W. Kroto).
Smalley has pioneered advances in the development of supersonic beam
laser spectroscopy, super-cold pulsed beams, and laser-driven sources of free
radicals, triplets, and metal and semiconductor cluster beams. He discovered
and characterized fullerenes, the third elemental form of carbon after graphite
and diamond, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize.
Born June 6, 1943, in Akron, Ohio, Smalley received his bachelor's
degree in chemistry in 1965 from the University of Michigan, and master's and
doctorate degrees from Princeton University in 1971 and 1973.
Scope and Contents
The Richard E. Smalley Papers, composed of four document boxes (.75
cubic feet each), comprise the lectures, presentations and supporting materials
leading to Smalley's discovery of fullerenes, which eventually lead to his
Nobel Prize. Included are lectures and presentations, conferences attended,
awards received, and articles written. The actual laboratory research notes and
materials are not included.
Processing InformationProcessed by Lee Pecht June 2001
Preferred Citation
Richard Smalley Papers, 1990-1998, MS#490, Woodson Research Center,
Fondren Library, Rice University
Index Terms
Subjects (Organizations)
Rice University -
Archives.
Subjects
Chemists - Archives.
Nobel Prizes.
Nanotechnology.
Laser spectroscopy.
Fullerenes.
Formats
Correspondence.
Lectures.
Articles.
Journals
(periodicals).
Arrangement
The papers have been arranged in four series:
- Series I: Lectures, Presentations, and Conferences.(2 boxes)
- Series II, Correspondence, (13 folders)
- Series III: Articles and Reprints, 1990-1998, (6 folders)
- Series IV: Personal, 1990-1998, (6 folders)
Acquisition Information
The Richard Smalley Papers were received on Sept. 26, 2000 from Carter
Kittrell, Rice Chemistry Department research scientist, after Richard Smalley
had placed them in storage.
Access RestrictionsThis material is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Richard Smalley Papers must be obtained
from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library. Copyright release on
articles, lectures and any published materials must be obtained from the
publication and/or Dr. Smalley.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: Lectures, Presentations, and Conferences,
1990-1993.
1.0 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Events attended by Dr. Smalley in the capacity of
moderator, panelist or other official.
1 1
Office of Naval Research,
Jan. 21-23, 1990;
Semiconductor Cluster Surface
Chemistry
1 2
American Society for Mass Spectrometry,
Jan. 28-31, 1990;
Advances Toward a General FT-ICR
Approach to Cluster Surface Science
1 3
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Feb. 15-20, 1990;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph>:
Buckminsterfullerene
1 4
Baylor University Chemistry Department,
Feb. 23, 1990;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and Other
Strange Beasts from the Land of Supersonic Beams
1 5
University of Houston Physics Department,
March 6, 1990;
Nanocluster Surfaces: Chemistry &
Physics
1 6
American Physical Society,
March 12-16, 1990;
In Search of Special
Structures
1 7
Department of Energy Sciences' Catalysis and Surface
Chemistry Research,
March 26-28, 1990
1 8
Combustion Dynamics Facility Workshop,
April 5-7, 1990
1 9
American Chemical Society,
April 22-27, 1990;
FT-ICR Studies of Cluster Surface
Chemistry
1 10
National Academy of Sciences,
April 24, 1990;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph>, Soot,
and Stars
1 11
Army Research Office,
May 9-11, 1990;
Gas Phase Probes of Gallium Arsenide
Cluster Chemistry
1 12
University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry,
May 14-18, 1990;
Tinker Toy Surface Science,
Past and Future Spectral Probes of
Clusters,
C<emph render="sub">60</emph>, Soot,
and Stars
1 13
Committee on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences,
May 20, 1990
1 14
American Society for Mass Spectrometry,
June 3-8, 1990;
FT-ICT and the Future of Cluster
Surface Science
1 15
High Temperature Chemistry Gordon Research Conference,
July 23-27, 1990;
Refractory Cluster
Beams
1 16
American Chemical Society,
Aug. 27-29, 1990;
Cluster Surface Chemistry via
FT-ICR
1 17
Frontiers of Materials Sciences,
Oct. 26, 1990;
Clusters of Silicon, Germanium and
Diamond
1 18
Pacific Northwest Laboratories Workshop,
Nov. 19-20, 1990
1 19
Materials Research Society,
Nov. 26-30, 1990;
Laser Annealing of Semiconductor
Clusters: Silicon Nanocrystals
1 20
IBM Almaden Physical Science Colloquium,
Dec. 6, 1990;
Surface Chemistry and Physics of
Levitated Clusters
1 21
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Dec. 6-7, 1990
Formation and Properties of C<emph
render="sub">60</emph> and the Fullerenes
1 22
University of California San Diego Chemistry Department,
Jan. 22, 1991;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph>, Chapter
2
1 23
Texas Instruments,
Jan. 31, 1991;
Carbon Fullerenes
1 24
Texas A&M Physics Department,
Feb. 27, 1991;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph>, Chapter
II
1 25
Naval Research Laboratory,
March 13, 1991;
Surface Chemistry of Laser Annealed
Clusters
1 26
American Physical Society,
March 18-22, 1991;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph>-Chapter
2
1 27
Indiana University,
March 28, 1991;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph>: Chapter
2
1 28
Johns Hopkins University,
March 29, 1991;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph>: Chapter
Two
1 29
American Chemical Society,
April 14-19, 1991;
Surface Chemistry of Laser-Annealed
Clusters
1 30
NATO Advanced Research Workshop,
April 19-26, 1991;
Surface Chemistry and Photophysics of
Levitated Clusters
1 31
National Academy of Sciences,
April 28-May 1,
1991
1 32
Smithsonian Institution,
May 1, 1991;
Breakthrough in Chemistry:
Buckyballs
1 33
James Franck Institute (University of Chicago),
May 7, 1991,
Buckminsterfullerene: Chapter
2
1 34
Quatum Electronics Laser Science,
May 13-17, 1991;
Image-Charge Bound States of Metal
Clusters
1 35
Shell Development Co.,
May 22, 1991;
Buckyballs
1 36
Michigan State University,
May 31, 1991;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph>: Chapter
2
1 37
GE Corporate Research Division,
June 17, 1991
1 38
National Research Council Canada,
June 18-20, 1991;
Buckyballs
1 39
Dow Chemical Co.,
June 21-22, 1991;
Buckyballs
1 40
Gordon Research Conference on Metal and Semiconductor
Clusters,
Aug. 5-9, 1991
1 41
American Chemical Society,
Aug. 25-30, 1991
1 42
Rotary Club of River Oaks,
Sept. 10, 1991
1 43
American Chemical Society,
Sept. 12, 1991;
Buckyballs
1 44
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory,
Sept. 13-14, 1991
1 45
University of Arizona,
Sept. 18, 1991;
Doping the
Fullerenes
1 46
Loyola University,
Oct. 3, 1991
1 47
International Symposium on Physics and Chemistry of Finite
Systems,
Oct. 8-12, 1991;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph>
Today
1 48
Electrochemical Society,
Oct. 13-17, 1991;
Doping Bucky
1 49
American Institute of Physics Corporate Associates,
Oct. 22, 1991;
Buckyballs
1 50
University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics,
Oct. 26, 1991;
Buckyballs
1 51
UCLA,
Oct. 31, 1991;
Beyond Bucky
1 52
Rice University Fund Council,
Nov. 1, 1991;
Buckyballs
1 53
Amsterdam Chemistry conference,
Nov. 13-15, 1991;
Reactivity of Metal
Clusters
1 54
Electrochemical Society,
Nov. 21, 1991;
Doping Buckyballs-New Forms of
Elemental Carbon
1 55
Materials Research Society,
Dec. 3-4, 1991
1 56
Taipei Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute,
Jan. 3-9, 1992
1 57
Society of Rice University Women,
Jan. 13, 1992;
Buckyballs
1 58
American Chemical Society,
Jan. 15-17, 1992;
Doping the
Fullerenes
1 59
Nanotechnology Conference, Japan,
Jan. 27-28, 1992;
Getting Inside the
Cage
1 60
Italian Workshop on Fullerenes,
Feb. 6-7, 1992;
Doping the
Fullerenes
1 61
Carnegie Mellon University Physics Department,
Feb. 10, 1992;
Dopeyballs
1 62
Ohio State University Chemistry Department,
Feb. 11, 1992;
Dopyballs
1 63
Louisiana State University Department of Physics and
Astronomy,
Feb. 26-29, 1992;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
1 64
MIT,
March 2-6, 1992;
Tinker Toy Surface Science,
Semiconductor Nanocrystals,
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 1
Case Western University,
March 12, 1992;
Doping the
Fullerenes
2 2
American Physical Society,
March 16-22, 1992;
International Prize for New Materials
2 3
University of Kansas Chemistry Department,
March 17, 1992; University of Iowa Chemistry
Department,
Spring 1992
2 4
Texas Tech University Physics Department,
March 26, 1992;
Doping the
Fullerenes
2 5
University of South Dakota Chemistry Department,
March 30, 1992;
Buckyballs
2 6
American Chemical Society,
March 31, 1992
2 7
Columbia University Chemistry Department,
April 13, 1992;
Grappling with the Beast,
Doping the Fullerenes,
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 8
University of Texas Departments of Chemistry and Physics,
April 22, 1992;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 9
Rice University Hill Country Rice Alumni,
April 22, 1992;
Buckyballs: Great Balls of
Carbon
2 10
University of North Carolina,
April 1992;
Grappling with the Beast,
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 11
University of Wisconsin,
May 8, 1992; University of California
Berkeley,
May 6, 1992;
Doping the
Fullerenes
2 12
Wesleyan University Leermakers Symposium,
May 12, 1992;
M @ C<emph
render="sub">60</emph>
2 13
Belgian Physical Society,
May 20, 1992;
Doping the
Fullerenes
2 14
Chalmers University and Stockholm,
May 25-28, 1992
2 15
American Society for Mass Spectrometry,
May 31-June 5, 1992;
FT-ICR and the
Metallo-Fullerenes
2 16
International Symposium on Molecular Beams,
June 10, 1992;
Doping the
Fullerenes
2 17
National Technological University,
June 23, 1992;
Self-Assembly of the
Fullerenes
2 18
Clusters and Fullerenes Conference,
June 23-26, 1992
2 19
Tel Aviv University,
June 28-July 3, 1992;
Grappling with the Beast,
Doping the Fullerenes,
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 20
International School of Physics,
July 7-17, 1992;
Nanotechnology and the
Fullerenes,
Discovery of the Fullerenes,
Electronic Quantum Size
Effects
2 21
International Centre for Theoretical Physics,"
July 10-11, 1992,
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 22
International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds,
July 19-24, 1992;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 23
Southwest Research Institute,
Aug. 5, 1992;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 24
Atomic and Nanoscale Modification conference,
Aug. 16-21, 1992;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 25
American Chemical Society,
Aug. 1992;
Surface Chemistry on Transition Metal
Clusters-Evidence for Shell Effect
2 26
Hoechst Celanese,
Sept. 2, 1992;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 27
Department of Energy E.O. Lawrence Award,
Sept. 16, 1992
2 28
World Techno Fair in China,
Sept. 18-19, 1992;
Fullerene
Nanotechnology
2 29
Materials Research Society Symposium,
Spring 1992
2 30
American Chemical Society,
Oct. 1, 1992;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 31
NEC Symposium,
Oct. 11-15, 1992;
From Dopyballs to
Nanowires
2 32
Rice Chemistry Faculty Retreat,
Oct. 17-18, 1992
2 33
University of Pennsylvania,
Oct. 20-21, 1992
2 34
American Chemical Society,
Oct. 22, 1992; 1992 Southwest Regional
Award
2 35
Welch Award,
Oct. 26-27, 1992
2 36
American Physical Society,
Nov. 7, 1992
2 37
University of Wyoming,
Nov. 13, 1992;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 38
University of South Florida,
Nov. 19, 1992;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 39
Princeton University,
Dec. 2-4, 1992
2 40
American Association of Physics Teachers,
Jan. 5, 1993
2 41
Coast Guard Academy,
Feb. 10, 1993;
Nanotechnology
2 42
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Feb. 12, 1993
2 43
University of California at Berkeley,
Feb. 16, 1993;
Carbon Clusters, Nanotechnology and the
Future of Chemistry
2 44
Society for Applied Spectroscopy,
Feb. 23, 1993;
Spectral Probes of Fullerenes and other
Nanoclusters
2 45
UOP Research Center,
Feb. 24, 1993
2 46
American Chemical Society,
March 12, 1993; William H. Nichols
Medal
2 47
Lake Forest College,
March 22, 1993;
Clusters, Chemistry and
Nanotechnology
2 48
American Physical Society,
March 23-24, 1993
2 49
Committee on Science, Space and Technology,
April 1, 1993;
Buckyballs and
Nanotechnology
2 50
U.S. Naval Academy,
April 2, 1993;
Buckyballs
2 51
University of Nebraska,
April 30, 1993;
Carbon Clusters and the Challenge of
Nanotechnology
2 52
Auburn University,
May 5, 1993;
Carbon, Nanotechnology, and the Future
of Chemistry
2 53
American Physical Society,
May 17-19, 1993;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 54
Science and Technology of the Fullerenes,
June 27-July 1,
1993
2 55
Physics and Chemistry of C60
Seminar,
July 19-23, 1993;
Solar Generation of the
Fullerenes
2 56
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Sept. 10, 1993;
Carbon's Role in
Nanotechnology
2 57
Princeton University,
Sept. 20-23, 1993;
Grapping with the Beast of Surface
Science,
Doping the Fullerenes,
Carbon, Fibers, and
Nanotechnology
2 58
Mexican Materials Society,
Oct. 1, 1993,
Buckyballs and
Nanotechnology
2 59
National Academy of Sciences,
Oct. 6, 1993
2 60
Ethyl Corporation,
Oct. 8, 1993;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 61
Electrochemical Society,
Oct. 11, 1993;
From Buckyballs to Buckytubes: New
Possibilities in Nanotechnology
2 62
Washington State University,
Oct. 26, 1993;
Buckyballs and
Nanotechnology
2 63
[Rice] President's Inaugural Ceremony,
Oct. 29-30, 1993
2 64
Argonne National Laboratory,
Nov. 12, 1993;
Buckyballs and
Nanotechnology
2 65
Houston Museum of Natural Science,
Nov. 12, 1993;
From Buckyball to Space
Elevators
2 66
University of Wyoming Dept. of Chemistry,
Nov. 13, 1993;
C<emph render="sub">60</emph> and the
Emerging Carbon-Based Nanotechnology
2 67
John Scott Award,
Nov. 19, 1993
2 68
Pennsylvania State University,
Nov. 21-23, 1993
2 69
Pennsylvania State University,
Nov. 22, 1993;
Carbon's Role in Nanotechnology, Both
Wet and Dry
2 70
Materials Research Society,
Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 1993;
On the Crystallization of Carbon in O,
1, and 2 Dimensions
Series II, Correspondence, 1992-1996
(13 folders)
Includes general correspondence, incoming and outgoing
mail, awards nominations, grants, patents and publishers correspondence all
dealing with fullerenes or "buckyballs."
3 1
General,
1992
3 2
General,
1993
3 3
Outgoing,
1993
3 4
Incoming,
1994
3 5
Outgoing,
1994
3 6
Incoming,
1995
3 7
Outgoing,
1995
3 8
Incoming,
1996
3 9
Outgoing,
1996
3 10
Awards nominations
3 11
Grants
3 12
Patents
3 13
Publishers
Series III: Articles and Reprints, 1990-1998.
(6 folders)
Articles and reprints related to buckyballs and
nanotechnology, with a bibliography on the discovery.
4 1
Buckyball articles
4 2
Metal cluster research articles
4 3
Nanotechnology-related articles
4 4
Reprints
4 5
Authorization for reprint of articles
4 6
Buckminsterfullerene bibliography
Series IV: Personal, 1990-1998
(6 folders)
This series includes materials on awards, presentations
and daily calendars.
4 7
Awards-articles and programs
4 8
Presentations listings
4 9
Baker & Botts promotional booklet with Smalley
photo
4 10
Monthly/yearly appointment book,
1990-1994
4 11
Monthly/yearly appointment book,
1991-1994
4 12
Monthly/yearly appointment book,
1995-1998