Quantum dots for display: A review of three key milestones

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Aleksey Yekimov, Professor Louis Brus, and Professor Moungi Bawendi for their pioneering work in the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots (QD). QDs have become a major materials component of modern displays, initially in commercial LCD products starting in 2013 and more recently in a new generation of QD-OLED TVs. The Nobel Prize was given largely for chemistry work done up to and including the 1990s, when LCD TV displays still were a technology of the future. In this review, we will explore three moments in history that led to the current QD commercial display age built on the foundation of the magnificent science of the 1990s that led to the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.