The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 is awarded to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots". More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ This video features chemist Martyn Poliakoff and physicist Philip Moriarty, both from the University of Nottingham. Nobel Prize website on the 2023 chemistry award: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2023/summary/ Previous chemistry Nobel Prize videos from us: https://bit.ly/periodicnobel Catch Phil Moriarty over on our physics channel Sixty Symbols: https://bit.ly/Prof_Moriarty The School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/NottChem Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideos And on Twitter at http://twitter.com/periodicvideos This episode was also generously supported by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation Periodic Videos films are by video journalist Brady Haran: http://www.bradyharan.com/ Brady's Blog: http://www.bradyharanblog.com/ Additional editing by James Hennessy Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9