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Alexey Ekimov

Native name: Алексе́й Ива́нович Еки́мов

Also known as: Alexei Ekimov, Alexei I. Ekimov, Alexei Ivanovich Ekimov, Alexei Ivanovich Yekimov, Alexei Yekimov, Aleksey Yekimov

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Saint Petersburg Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

1945-02-28 • Birth Sign: Pisces

Citizenship:

Soviet Union, Russia, United States

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Alexey Ekimov or Aleksey Yekimov (; born 1945) is a Russian 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. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this discovery.

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Science and academia physicist Saint Petersburg Soviet Union Russia United States

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