Carbon Medal Explained

The Carbon Medal is a medal of achievement in carbon science and technology given by the American Carbon Society for the "... outstanding contributions to the discovery of novel carbon products or processes."^{[1] [2]}

Awardees

The following have won the Carbon Medal:

• 1997 Robert Curl (Rice University, co-discoverer of fullerene)
• 1997 Harry Kroto (University of Sussex, co-discoverer of fullerene)
• 1997 Richard Smalley (Rice University, co-discoverer of fullerene)
• 2001 Mildred Dresselhaus (MIT, researcher of carbon nanotubes)
• 2004 Donald S. Bethune (IBM research, researcher of single-walled carbon nanotubes)
• 2004 Morinobu Endo (Shinshu University, one of the pioneers of carbon nanofibers and carbon nanotubes synthesis)
• 2004 Sumio Iijima (NEC, often cited as the inventor of carbon nanotubes)
• 2016 Andre Geim (University of Manchester, co-inventor of graphene)
• 2016 Konstantin Novoselov (University of Manchester, co-inventor of graphene)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Medal of Achievement in Carbon Science and Technology. The American Carbon Society. 2016-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160507170426/http://www.americancarbonsociety.org/node/33. 2016-05-07. dead.
2. Web site: Carbon Medal. The World Conference on Carbon 2016. 2016-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20160714191926/http://carbon.outreach.psu.edu/program/awards/carbon-medal/. 2016-07-14. dead.