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Alexey Ekimov

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Russian physicist

ScientistsBorn 1945 · age 81
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Alexey Ekimov or Aleksey Yekimov is a Russian solid state physicist and a pioneer in nanomaterials research. He discovered the semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots in 1981, while working at the Vavilov State Optical Institute. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this discovery.

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2023Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2006R. W. Wood Prize
1976USSR State Prize

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Born 1945 · age 81
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