CNN —The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists who worked to discover and develop quantum dots, used in LED lights and TV screens, as well as by surgeons when removing cancer tissue.
Heiner Linke, a member of the chemistry committee, explained at the announcement ceremony what made the laureates’ work so revolutionary.
“The core thing about quantum dots is that, just by changing their size… you change their properties, for example their color.
France-born Bawendi, got an early morning call from Stockholm breaking the news that he is one of the 2023 chemistry laureates.
The Nobel committee explained how the scientists’ work had helped develop quantum dots.
Persons:
Bawendi, Louis Brus, Alexei Ekimov, ”, Johan Aqvist, Heiner Linke, ” Linke, Ekimov, Moungi Bawendi, —, Brus, Jonathan Nackstrand, Judith Giordan, ” Giordan, Aqvist, “, ” Hans Ellegren
Organizations:
CNN, Stockholm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Nanocrystals Technology Inc, MIT, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Getty, American Chemical Society, Swedish Academy of Sciences, Reuters
Locations:
Brus, New York, France, Stockholm, AFP