Three scientists awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry for quantum dot research

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, and Alexei Ekimov have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking research on minuscule quantum dots.

Hans Ellegren, the secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the award Wednesday in Stockholm.

The Nobel Prizes carry a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor ($1 million). The money comes from a bequest left by the prize's creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896.

(With agency inputs)