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MIT Professor Moungi Bawendi Shares Nobel Prize In Chemistry
An MIT professor is one of three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on tiny quantum dots.
October 4, 2023
STOCKHOLM - An MIT professor is one of three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on tiny quantum dots.
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Moungi Bawendi, of MIT, Louis Brus, of Columbia University, and Alexei Ekimov, of Nanocrystals Technology Inc., were honored for their work with the tiny particles that can release very bright colored light and are used in electronics and medical imaging.
"These tiny particles have unique properties and now spread their light from television screens and LED lamps. They catalyze chemical reactions and their clear light can illuminate tumor tissue for a surgeon," according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which announced the award in Stockholm.
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