Trio wins Nobel for quantum dots study

STOCKHOLM — Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov won the 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry for "the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots", which illuminate computer monitors and television screens and are used by doctors to map tumors.

"The Nobel laureates ... have succeeded in producing particles so small that their properties are determined by quantum phenomena. The particles, which are called quantum dots, are now of great importance in nanotechnology," the Nobel Committee for Chemistry said in a statement.

"Researchers believe that in the future they could contribute to flexible electronics, tiny sensors, thinner solar cells and encrypted quantum communication."