Louis E. Brus
Louis E. Brus | |
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 Brus in 2008 | |
| Born | Louis Eugene Brus August 10, 1943 |
| Education | Rice University (BS) Columbia University (PhD) |
| Known for | quantum dots |
| Awards | Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics (2001) National Academy of Sciences (2004) R. W. Wood Prize (2006) Kavli Prize (2008) Willard Gibbs Award (2009) NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (2010) Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (2012) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry Chemical physics Nanotechnology |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Thesis | Lifetime Shortening of Na(32p) and T(72S) Quenched by Halogens (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Bersohn |
Louis Eugene Brus[1] (born August 10, 1943)[2] is an American chemist. He is a professor at Columbia University. He is the co-discoverer of the colloidal semi-conductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots.[3] In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Louis Eugene Brus". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ↑ Profile of Louis Eugene Brus
- ↑ Brus, Louis E. (1984). "Electron–electron and electron‐hole interactions in small semiconductor crystallites: The size dependence of the lowest excited electronic state". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 80 (4403): 4403–4409. Bibcode:1984JChPh..80.4403B. doi:10.1063/1.447218. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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