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Louis E. Brus was born on August 10, 1943, and died on January 11, 2026. He was recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Chemistry collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
Brus received one Nobel Prize. He is associated with the Brus Group.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1943-08-10 ) August 10, 1943, Cleveland, Ohio , U.S.
- Died
- January 11, 2026 (2026-01-11) (aged 82), Hastings-on-Hudson, New York , U.S.
- Education
- Rice University ( BS ), Columbia University ( PhD )
- Known for
- Quantum dots , Brus equation
- Awards
- Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics (2001) National Academy of Sciences (2004) R. W. Wood Prize (2006) Kavli Prize (2008) Willard Gibbs Award (2009) NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (2010) Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (2012) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2023)
- Fields
- Chemistry , Chemical physics , Nanotechnology
- Institutions
- US Naval Research Laboratory Bell Telephone Laboratory Columbia University
- Thesis
- Lifetime Shortening of Na(3 ) and T(7 ) Quenched by Halogens (1969)
- Doctoral advisor
- Richard Bersohn
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2023
“for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots”
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Official website
Brus Group
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Place of death
- Hastings-on-Hudson
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- Bell Labs
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- quantum dot
- Official website
- www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/fac-bios/brus/group/index.html
- Image
- Louis E Brus.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1943-08-10
- name in native language
- Louis Eugene Brus
- Commons category
- Louis E. Brus
- date of death
- 2026-01-11
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Encyclopedic overview
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 semi-conductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Early life and education
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