Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023

Moungi G. Bawendi

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Prize share: 1/3

Louis E. Brus

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Prize share: 1/3

Aleksey Yekimov

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Prize share: 1/3

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Aleksey Yekimov "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots"

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