Alexey Ekimov

Alexey I. Ekimov is a Russian solid state physicist who discovered the semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots, while working at the Vavilov State Optical Institute.^[1] He was awarded the 1975 USSR State Prize in Science and Engineering for work on electron spin orientation in semiconductors. He is co-recipient of the 2006 R. W. Wood Prize of the Optical Society of America for "discovery of nanocrystal quantum dots and pioneering studies of their electronic and optical properties".^[2] He currently works for Nanocrystals Technology Inc.

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^ Екимов АИ, Онущенко АА (1981). "Квантовый размерный эффект в трехмерных микрокристаллах полупроводников" (PDF). Письма в ЖЭТФ. 34: 363–366.
^ "Twenty Attain 2006 Top Honors from the Optical Society of America". 2006.

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[1] Екимов АИ, Онущенко АА (1981). "Квантовый размерный эффект в трехмерных микрокристаллах полупроводников" (PDF). Письма в ЖЭТФ. 34: 363–366.

[2] "Twenty Attain 2006 Top Honors from the Optical Society of America". 2006.

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