The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots." Browse noteworthy articles published by the winners in ACS Journals.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus, and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots,” tiny nanoparticles whose unique properties make them essential for a wide range of applications including LED displays, solar cells, and biomedical imaging.
“Chemists work continuously to develop and make novel architectures and scaffolds of atoms and molecules designed to deliver tailored properties and function,” says ACS President Judith C. Giordan, Ph.D. “Quantum dots are a beautiful example of the ability to theorize a phenomenon, then synthesize and tailor particles and precisely manufacture them. The size tunability of quantum dots allows them to emit specific wavelengths of light for a wide range of uses from displays to bioimaging to lighting applications.”
Dr. Bawendi has been a member of ACS for 29 years. He is the winner of the 2010 ACS Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry, which was sponsored by Procter & Gamble Co. at that time, and the 1997 Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry, sponsored by Avantor. He is the Lester Wolfe Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.
Dr. Brus has been a member of ACS for 45 years. He is the 2011 winner of the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, sponsored by DuPont, and the 2005 ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials, also sponsored by DuPont. He has been a member of the Committee on the Petroleum Research Fund and an alternate councilor of the ACS Division of Physical Chemistry. He is the S. L. Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University, United States.
Dr. Ekimov is credited for the initial discovery of quantum dots. His seminal research laid the groundwork on which Bawendi and Brus were able to further their discoveries in quantum dot research. In 2006, he received the R.W. Wood Prize from Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America) for his “discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.” He currently is a chief scientist at Nanocrystals Technology Inc., United States.
Dr. Bawendi and Dr. Brus have each published extensively in ACS Publications journals throughout the years. The following articles from each of these laureates, as well as related research published in ACS journals, will be made free-to-read through the end of the month in honor of their win.
Moungi G. Bawendi
Synthesis and characterization of nearly monodisperse CdE (E = sulfur, selenium, tellurium) semiconductor nanocrystallites
C. B. Murray, D. J. Norris, and M. G. Bawendi
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 19, 8706–8715
DOI: 10.1021/ja00072a025
Nucleation and Growth of CdSe on ZnS Quantum Crystallite Seeds, and Vice Versa, in Inverse Micelle Media
A. R. Kortan, R. Hull, R. L. Opila, M. G. Bawendi, M. L. Steigerwald, P. J. Carroll, and Louis E. Brus
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 4, 1327–1332
DOI: 10.1021/ja00160a005
Louis E. Brus
Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: From Discovery to Modern Development
Alexander L. Efros* and Louis E. Brus*
ACS Nano 2021, 15, 4, 6192–6210
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c01399
Nucleation and Growth of CdSe on ZnS Quantum Crystallite Seeds, and Vice Versa, in Inverse Micelle Media
A. R. Kortan, R. Hull, R. L. Opila, M. G. Bawendi, M. L. Steigerwald, P. J. Carroll, and Louis E. Brus
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 4, 1327–1332
DOI: 10.1021/ja00160a005
Electronic wave functions in semiconductor clusters: experiment and theory
Louis Brus
J. Phys. Chem. 1986, 90, 12, 2555–2560
DOI: 10.1021/j100403a003
Electron-hole recombination emission as a probe of surface chemistry in aqueous cadmium sulfide colloids
R. Rossetti and L. Brus
J. Phys. Chem. 1982, 86, 23, 4470–4472
DOI: 10.1021/j100220a003
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Three Millennia of Nanocrystals
Federico Montanarella* and Maksym V. Kovalenko
ACS Nano 2022, 16, 4, 5085–5102
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c11159
Infrared Quantum Dots: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
Haipeng Lu, Gerard M. Carroll, Nathan R. Neale, and Matthew C. Beard*
ACS Nano 2019, 13, 2, 939–953
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b09815
Full-Color Scattering Based on Plasmon and Mie Resonances of Gold Nanoparticles Modulated by Fabry–Pérot Interference for Coloring and Image Projection
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DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.9b00990
Solution-Processed, High-Speed, and High-Quantum-Efficiency Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors
Jianbo Gao, Son C. Nguyen, Noah D. Bronstein, and A. Paul Alivisatos*
ACS Photonics 2016, 3, 7, 1217–1222
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00211
Early Use of PbS Nanotechnology for an Ancient Hair Dyeing Formula
Philippe Walter, Eléonore Welcomme, Philippe Hallégot, Nestor J. Zaluzec, Christopher Deeb, Jacques Castaing, Patrick Veyssière, René Bréniaux, Jean-Luc Lévêque, and Georges Tsoucaris
Nano Lett. 2006, 6, 10, 2215–2219
DOI: 10.1021/nl061493u
Kinetics of II-VI and III-V Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystal Growth: “Focusing” of Size Distributions
Xiaogang Peng, J. Wickham, and A. P. Alivisatos
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 21, 5343–5344
DOI: 10.1021/ja9805425
Synthesis and Characterization of Strongly Luminescing ZnS-Capped CdSe Nanocrystals
Margaret A. Hines and Philippe Guyot-Sionnest
J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 2, 468–471
DOI: 10.1021/jp9530562
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of CdSe Nanocrystals with Applications to Studies of the Nanocrystal Surface
J. E. Bowen Katari, V. L. Colvin, and A. P. Alivisatos
J. Phys. Chem. 1994, 98, 15, 4109–4117
DOI: 10.1021/j100066a034
Nanometer-sized semiconductor clusters: materials synthesis, quantum size effects, and photophysical properties
Ying Wang and N. Herron
J. Phys. Chem. 1991, 95, 2, 525–532
DOI: 10.1021/j100155a009
Photophysics of quantized colloidal semiconductors. Dramatic luminescence enhancement by binding of simple amines
T. Dannhauser, M. O'Neil, K. Johansson, D. Whitten, and G. McLendon
J. Phys. Chem. 1986, 90, 23, 6074–6076
DOI: 10.1021/j100281a004
Heterogeneous photocatalytic synthesis of methane from acetic acid - new Kolbe reaction pathway
T. Dannhauser, M. O'Neil, K. Johansson, D. Whitten, and G. McLendon
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1978, 100, 7, 2239–2240
DOI: 10.1021/ja00475a049
Theory, Production and Mechanism of Formation of Monodispersed Hydrosols
Victor K. LaMer and Robert H. Dinegar
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1950, 72, 11, 4847–4854
DOI: 10.1021/ja01167a001