The Bright and Enlinghtening Science of Quantum Dots - Dr. Liberato Manna

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Alexei Ekimov, Louis Brus and Moungi Bawendi for the discovery and development of quantum dots. Quantum dots, with their colors and their intriguing properties, have  fascinated and engaged generations of scientists over the last forty years.

Abstract of the Seminar:

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Alexei Ekimov, Louis Brus and Moungi Bawendi for the discovery and development of quantum dots, an area of research so ripe with exciting results in terms of both fundamental science and present and forthcoming applications. Over the years, the enormous potential of colloidal quantum dots has been recognized in bioimaging, labeling and sensing, light emitting diodes, solar cells, lasers, detectors, and luminescent solar concentrators. Quantum dots, with their colors and their intriguing properties, have fascinated and engaged generations of scientists over the last forty years. I present in this seminar a historical perspective of these materials, highlighting the additional contributions of key scientists other than those who have received the Nobel Prize and providing insights from my own career, along with an outlook on the field. 

About the Speaker: 

Dr. Liberato Manna - Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genova, Italy

Liberato Manna received his master degree in Chemistry from the University of Bari (Italy) in 1996 and his PhD in Chemical Sciences in 2001 from the same University. From 2001 to 2003 he held a postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, Berkeley and in 2003 was Visiting Scientist at the Center for Nanoscale Nanotechnology in Munich (Germany). Between 2003 and 2008 he was Junior scientist at the National Nanotechnology Lab (NNL) in Lecce (Italy), and from 2006 became Leader of the Chemistry Division at NNL. From 2009 to the present day, he is Head of the Nanochemistry Department, IIT, Genoa (Italy). For more than ten years held the position of part-time Professor of Quantum Nanoscience  at TU Delft (The Netherlands). From December 2015 to current days, he is Deputy Director of Materials and Nanotechnology programs, IIT Genoa. From 2016 he started his position as Professor of Theoretical Chemistry in the University of Genoa. He has been associated editor of Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances (RSC) and currently he is associated editor of Nano Letters (ACS). He has 63746 citations and H-index of 118, proving to be one of the most influential scientists in his research field.