Alexei Ivanovich Yekimov
Alexei Iwanowitsch Jekimow ( Russian Алексей Иванович Екимов , also transcribed as Aleksei Ekimov ; * February 28, 1945 ) is a Russian physicist .
Together with Louis Brus and Alexander Efros, Jekimow discovered colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals, known as quantum dots .
Ekimov received the Ph.D. and a PhD in Physics from the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute in Leningrad , Russia . He received the State Prize in Physics and Technology of the USSR and the Alexander von Humboldt Prize for his work on quantum dots and is the owner of several patents.
Web links
- Short CV at nanocrystals.com
- Work on quantum dots
- Quantum size effect in three-dimensional microscopic semiconductor crystals , bibcode : 1981ZhPmR..34..363E
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| SURNAME | Ekimov, Alexei Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ekimov, Aleksei; Екимов, Алексей Иванович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1945 |