Moungi Bawendi, of MIT; Louis Brus, of Columbia University; and Alexei Ekimov, of Nanocrystals Technology Inc., were honored for their work. - Trio Wins Nobel Prize In Chemistry For Work On Quantum Dots, Used In Electronics And Medical Imaging
Three scientists based in the U.S. won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots – whose applications include electronics and medical imaging.