Louis Eugene Brus (August 10, 1943 - January 11, 2026) was an American chemist and the Samuel Latham Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. He was the co-discoverer of the colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots, and in 2023 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account Death PlaceHastings-on-Hudson, United States 1 BirthplaceCleveland, United States 1 Field
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Louis Eugene Brus (August 10, 1943 - January 11, 2026) was an American chemist, and the Samuel Latham Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University.
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Born: August 10, 1943, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
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Born: August 10, 1943, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
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Died: January 11, 2026 (aged 82), Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.
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Died: January 11, 2026 (aged 82), Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.
Works In: Chemistry, Lead section, 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
In 2023, Brus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Ekimov and Moungi Bawendi "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots".
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WikipediaAssociated With: Moungi Bawendi, Lead section, 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry co-laureates
Ekimov, Brus and Moungi Bawendi were the recipients of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots".
Associated With: Alexey Ekimov, Lead section, 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry co-laureates
Ekimov, Brus and Moungi Bawendi were the recipients of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots".
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