What is Louis E. Brus?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Louis E. Brus | image = Louis E Brus.jpg | caption = Brus in 2008 | birth_name = Louis Eugene Brus | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|08|10|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[Rice University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Columbia University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) | known_for = [[quantum dot]]s | awards = [[Irving Langmuir Award|Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics]] (2001)<br>[[National Academy of Sciences]] (2004)<br>[[R. W. Wood Prize]] (2006)<br>[[Kavli Prize]] (2008)<br>[[Willard Gibbs Award]] (2009)<br>[[NAS Award in Chemical Sciences]] (2010)<br>[[Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science#Awards|Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science]] (2012)<br>[[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (2023) | field = [[Chemistry]]<br>[[Chemical physics]]<br>[[Nanotechnology]] | workplaces = [[Columbia University]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Richard Bersohn]] | thesis_title = Lifetime Shortening of Na(3<sup>2p</sup>) and T(7<sup>2S</sup>) Quenched by Halogens | thesis_url = https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/2363141 | thesis_year = 1969 }} {{nobelprize|Chemistry}}'''Louis Eugene Brus'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2023 |title=Louis Eugene Brus |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/louis-eugene-brus |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref> (born August 10, 1943)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7g1LAQAAIAAJ&q=Louis+Eugene+Brus+Aug.+10+,+1943 Profile of Louis Eugene Brus]</ref> is an American chemist. He is a professor at [[Columbia University]]. He is the co-discoverer of the [[colloid]]al [[semi-conductor]] [[nanocrystal]]s known as [[quantum dots]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jcp/80/9/10.1063/1.447218 |first=Louis E.| last=Brus|title=Electron–electron and electron‐hole