Moungi G Bawendi, Louis E Brus and Alexei I Ekimov get Nobel Prize for Chemistry

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Moungi G Bawendi, Louis E Brus and Alexei I Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”

According to the press release shared by the official website of Nobel Prize, “The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 rewards the discovery and development of quantum dots, nanoparticles so tiny that their size determines their properties. These smallest components of nanotechnology now spread their light from televisions and LED lamps, and can also guide surgeons when they remove tumour tissue, among many other things.”

On Tuesday, the award for 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics was given to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.”

The prize for Literature, Peace and Economics to be announced on October 5, 6 and 9.