Alexey Ekimov

Alexey Ekimov
Alexey Ekimov
Алексей Екимов
	Ekimov in 2023
Born	1945 (age 78–79); Leningrad, Soviet Union
Education	Leningrad State University (BS); Ioffe Institute (PhD)
Known for	quantum dots; confinement energy
Awards	USSR State Prize (1976); R. W. Wood Prize (2006); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2023)
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemical physics; Nanomaterials
Institutions	Ioffe Institute; Vavilov State Optical Institute
Thesis	Quantum Dimensional Phenomena in Semiconductor Microcrystals; Russian: Квантовые размерные явления в полупроводниковых микрокристаллах (1989)

Alexey Ekimov or Aleksey Yekimov^[1] (Russian: Алексей Екимов; born 1945) is a Russian^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]^[5] In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this discovery.

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^ Edwards, Christian; Hunt, Katie; Upright, Ed (4 October 2023). "Nobel Prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots that changed everything from TV displays to cancer imaging". CNN.
^ Екимов А.И., Онущенко А.А. (1981). "Квантовый размерный эффект в трехмерных микрокристаллах полупроводников" (PDF). Письма в ЖЭТФ. 34: 363–366. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
^ "Russian-Born Quantum Dot Pioneer Ekimov Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry". The Moscow Times. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
^ "Alexei Ekimov | Biography, Nobel Prize, Quantum Dots, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.