{"id":988,"date":"2023-10-04T11:10:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T10:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralplanetnews.com\/?p=988"},"modified":"2023-10-04T11:10:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T10:10:49","slug":"moungi-bawendi-louis-brus-and-alexei-ekimov-have-been-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2023-for-their-discovery-of-quantum-dots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralplanetnews.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/moungi-bawendi-louis-brus-and-alexei-ekimov-have-been-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2023-for-their-discovery-of-quantum-dots\/","title":{"rendered":"Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 for their discovery of quantum dots."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By &#8211; Prakarsh Kastwar <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nobel Prizes in Literature, Peace, and Economics have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moungi G Bawendi, Louis E Brus, and Alexei I Ekimov have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 &#8220;for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the award recognizes the discovery and development of quantum dots, nanoparticles whose size influences their properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NobelPrize\/status\/1709505833418063892?s=20\">https:\/\/x.com\/NobelPrize\/status\/1709505833418063892?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 2023 have succeeded in producing particles so small that quantum phenomena govern their properties.&#8221; The particles, known as quantum dots, are becoming very important in nanotechnology,&#8221; it stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is the third prize given out this week. The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on Tuesday to France&#8217;s Pierre Agostini, Hungary&#8217;s Ferenc Krausz, and France&#8217;s Anne L&#8217;Huillier. Previously, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and her American collaborator Drew Weissman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chemistry prize will be followed by the highly anticipated Literature, Peace, and Economics awards, which will be announced on October 5, 6, and 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences may have disclosed the winners of this year&#8217;s Nobel Prize in Chemistry prematurely, according to Swedish media. According to SVT, the academy released a press release with the names of the winners by mistake early Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nobel Prizes are named after inventor Alfred Nobel, who stipulated in his will that his estate be used to give &#8220;prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s central bank established the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the exception of the Peace Prize, which is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo, the Nobel laureates for these prestigious honors are announced in Stockholm during October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Last year winners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carolyn R Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K Barry Sharpless were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2022 for their contributions to click and bioorthogonal chemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0theme\u00a0of\u00a0this\u00a0year&#8217;s\u00a0Chemistry\u00a0Prize\u00a0is\u00a0working\u00a0with\u00a0what\u00a0is\u00a0straightforward\u00a0and\u00a0uncomplicated\u00a0rather\u00a0than\u00a0overcomplicating\u00a0things. 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