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Alexey Ekimov

1945 - Today

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Alexey Ekimov or Aleksey Yekimov (Russian: Алексей Екимов; born 1945) is a Russian solid state physicist and a pioneer in nanomaterials research. He discovered the semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots in 1981, while working at the Vavilov State Optical Institute. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this discovery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexey Ekimov is the 323rd most popular physicist (down from 243rd in 2019), the 413th most popular biography from Russia (down from 288th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Russian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Alexey Ekimov ranks 323 out of 851. Before him are Pierre Louis Dulong, Shuji Nakamura, Félix Savart, John Tyndall, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, and Charles Fabry. After him are John Stewart Bell, Armen Sarkissian, Ludwig Prandtl, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Marguerite Perey, and Paul-Jacques Curie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Alexey Ekimov ranks 106. Before him are Richard Thaler, Marthe Keller, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Daniel Davis, Go Nagai, and Rita Pavone. After him are John Fogerty, Bob Gunton, Carlos Osoro Sierra, Stanisław Ryłko, Bubba Smith, and Catherine Spaak.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexey Ekimov ranks 413 out of 3,761. Before him are Viktor Kulikov (1921), Mikhail Vrubel (1856), Ivan Serov (1905), Alexander Yegorov (1883), Yury Luzhkov (1936), and Aleksandr Akimov (1953). After him are Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), and Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Russia

Among physicists born in Russia, Alexey Ekimov ranks 16. Before him are Pyotr Kapitsa (1894), Vitaly Ginzburg (1916), Nikolay Basov (1922), Igor Kurchatov (1903), Yuri Oganessian (1933), and Andre Geim (1958). After him are Vladimir Shukhov (1853), Vladimir Fock (1898), Georgy Flyorov (1913), Boris Podolsky (1896), Anatoli Bugorski (1942), and Emil Wiechert (1861).

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