What is Alexey Ekimov?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Alexey Ekimov | image = US Embassy Sweden 2023 Nobel Reception (53390424929) (cropped).jpg | native_name = {{nobold|Алексей Екимов}} | native_name_lang = ru | birth_name = Alexey Ivanovich Ekimov<br>Алексей Иванович Екимов | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1945}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | known_for = [[quantum dot]]s | education = [[Saint Petersburg State University|Leningrad State University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Ioffe Institute]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) | awards = [[USSR State Prize]] (1976)<br/>[[R. W. Wood Prize]] (2006)<br/>[[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (2023) | fields = [[Chemical physics]]<br>[[Nanomaterials]] | workplaces = [[Ioffe Institute]]<br>[[Vavilov State Optical Institute]] | thesis_title = Quantum Dimensional Phenomena in Semiconductor Microcrystals<br>{{lang-ru|links=no|Квантовые размерные явления в полупроводниковых микрокристаллах}} | thesis_url = https://search.rsl.ru/ru/record/01000041834 | thesis_year = 1989 }} {{nobelprize|Chemistry}}'''Alexey Ivanovich Ekimov''' ({{Lang-ru|Алексей Иванович Екимов}}; born 1945) is a Russian<ref>{{cite news |last1=Edwards |first1=Christian |last2=Hunt |first2=Katie |last3=Upright |first3=Ed |title=Nobel Prize awarded for discovery of quantum dots that changed everything from TV displays to cancer imaging |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/04/europe/nobel-prize-chemistry-quantum-dots-bawendi-brus-ekimov-intl-scn/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=4 October 2023}}</ref> physicist. He is known for his works in [[nanomaterials]] research. He discovered the [[semiconductor]] nanocrystals known as [[quantum dot]]s in 1981.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Екимов А.И., Онущенко А.А. |title=Квантовый размерный эффект в трехмерных микрокристаллах полупроводников |journal=Письма в ЖЭТФ |volume=34 |pages=363–366 |year=1981 |url=http://www.jetpletters.ac.ru/ps/1030/article_15644.pdf