Trio wins Nobel Chemistry Prize for nanocrystals work

Trio wins Nobel Chemistry Prize for nanocrystals work
Wednesday 4 October 2023 - 11:32

French-born Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus of the United States and Russian-born Alexei Ekimov on Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for research in semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots.

The trio, whose names were leaked in the Swedish press ahead of the announcement, received the honour “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots,” the jury said.

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