- This year’s (2023) Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been announced on Wednesday (October 4). The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Maungi G. Bawendi, Lewis E. Bruce and Alexey I. Ekimov.
- He has been given this award for the discovery and development of quantum dots. Let us tell you that quantum dots are such nanoparticles which are so small in size that their size determines their properties.
Quantum dots have great importance in nanotechnology
- Everyone who studies chemistry learns that the properties of an element are controlled by how many electrons it has. However, when matter is shrunk to nano-dimensions, quantum phenomena arise.
- These are controlled by the size of the substance. The Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry 2023 have succeeded in creating particles so small that their properties are determined by quantum phenomena.
- The particles, called quantum dots, are now of great importance in nanotechnology.
Maungi gabri bawendi
- Maungi’s full name is Maungi Gabri Bawendi. He was born in 1961 in Paris, the capital of France. He is currently a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His father was also a famous mathematician.
Lewis E. Bruce
- Louis E. Bruce, born 1943, is the S. L. Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. He is the discoverer of colloidal semi-conductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2023. In 1996 Bruce left Bell Labs and joined the faculty in the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University.
- He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1998.
Alexey Ekimov
- Alexey Ekimov, born in the former Soviet Union in 1945, also received the Nobel Prize for his research in the field of chemistry. Who discovered semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots while working at the Vavilov State Optical Institute. In 1967, he graduated from the Faculty of Physics.
- It is noteworthy that the honor in the field of Physics was jointly given to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Cruz and Anne L’Huillier. According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, all three adopted experimental methods to study electron mobility in matter. This produces attosecond pulses of light.