Nobel Prize in Chemistry for authors of the discovery of quantum dots

“They catalyze chemical reactions and their bright light can illuminate tumor tissue for a surgeon,” the Swedish academy said among its applications.

“Researchers have mainly used quantum dots to create colored light. They believe that in the future, quantum dots could contribute to flexible electronics, small sensors, thinner solar cells and perhaps encrypted quantum communications,” he noted.

It was in 1993 when Bawendi (Paris, 1961) revolutionized the methods of manufacturing quantum dots, achieving extremely high quality, an essential prerequisite for their use in today’s nanotechnology.

Before Brus (Cleveland, United States, 1943) and Ekimov (born 1945 in the then Soviet Union) succeeded in the early 1980s – independently of each other – in creating quantum dots, which are nanoparticles that are so small that quantum effects determine its operation. characteristics.

Source: El heraldo

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