BBCNEWS Nobel July 6, 2024
the nano world is really, really bizarre. when matter is reduced to its smallest dimensions, it's made up of quantum dots — nanoparticles so tiny that their size determines their properties. alexey ekimov, moungi bawendi and louis brus discovered and developed this artificially created collection of semiconducting nanoparticles. they are just a few millionths of a millimetre wide and glow blue, red or green when exposed to light. quantum dots already have commercial and scientific uses and, infuture, could contribute to flexible electronics, thinner solar cells and encrypted quantu...