Purpose: The Louis E. Brus Award in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology was established in honor of Dr. Louis E. Brus, an American chemist, a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2023), and the Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor emeritus at Columbia University. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to research in nanoscience and nanotechnology, broadly defined.

Nature: At the fall ACS meeting that immediately follows the announcement of the award the recipient will present their research in one of the PHYS symposia and be honored at the annual PHYS reception.  There is no honorarium associated with this award at this time because there is no sponsor.

Eligibility: Any mid to senior scientist working in nanochemistry or nanotechnology through the lens of physical chemistry is eligible for this award. At the time of the nomination, currently serving members of the PHYS Division Executive Committee in any capacity, including subdivisions and councilors, as well as individuals who are up for election to these positions, are ineligible for nomination for this award until after their term of service. Donors are not excluded from being nominated for the award. To avoid conflicts of interest, the amounts that people donate will not be public knowledge and anyone with that knowledge will not serve on the awards selection committees.

Nomination Procedures: 

Submission should be one combined PDF with the following items in order.

1. 1. Nomination form.
   2. A nomination letter (limit 2 pages).
   3. Two seconding letters (limit 2 pages each).
   4. Applicant’s CV.
   5. A list of the publications that the nominee is most proud.
   6. A written assurance that, if selected, the nominee will attend the PHYS awards banquet and give their seminar at the ACS meeting in person (fall meeting).

Application Deadline: All materials should be sent electronically to acs-phys@colostate.edu. The deadline is November 30th each year. Please include the nominee’s name in the subject line of the e-mail.

Sponsor: None.

Established in 2025.