Bawendi and two other chemists won the award for their work on quantum dots, or tiny particles that can release very bright colored light and are used in electronics and medical imaging.
Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist Moungi Bawendi stands for a photograph at his home, in Cambridge, Mass. was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this week.
The MIT chemistry professor shares the award with two other scientists — Louis Brus of Columbia University and Alexei Ekimov of Nanocrystals Technology Inc. — for their work on quantum dots, or tiny particles that can release very bright colored light and are used in electronics and medical imaging.This segment airs on October 6, 2023. Audio will be available after the broadcast.
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