The three were honored for their work with the tiny particles that are just a few atoms in diameter and allow for very bright colors. They are used in many electronics, like LED displays.
Louis E. Brus of Columbia University, poses for a photo with winners of the Nano Science Kavli Prize in Oslo in 2008. The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Brus, Moungi Bawendi and Alexei Ekimov for their work on tiny quantum dots.Louis E. Brus of Columbia University, poses for a photo with winners of the Nano Science Kavli Prize in Oslo in 2008. The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Brus, Moungi Bawendi and Alexei Ekimov for their work on tiny quantum dots.
In a highly unusual turn of events, Swedish media reported the names of the winners before the prize was announced.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards the physics, chemistry and economics prizes, asks for nominations a year in advance from thousands of university professors and other scholars around the world.A committee for each prize then discusses candidates in a series of meetings throughout the year.
The tiny part of each atom races around the center and is fundamental to virtually everything: chemistry, physics, our bodies and our gadgets. Last year, Americans Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless, and Danish scientist Morten Meldal were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a way of"that can be used to explore cells, map DNA and design drugs that can target diseases such as cancer more precisely.
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