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The discovery and innovations of quantum dots: Scientific spirit beyond the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

Received date: 2023-11-21

  Online published: 2023-12-21

Abstract

2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to three scientists for exploring the nanoworld. Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov developed and discovered quantum dots, particles whose sizes govern their properties. In this paper, we tried to describe the discovery and innovations of quantum dots as well as the scientific spirit of the researchers during the developments of quantum dots.

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ZHONG Haizheng, LIU Xiaoli . The discovery and innovations of quantum dots: Scientific spirit beyond the Nobel Prize in Chemistry[J]. Chinese Journal of Nature, 2023 , 45(6) : 417 -422 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2023.06.003

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