Donald Huffman



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

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

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