On October 4, Beijing time, at 17:45 on October 4, Beijing time, the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced. However, an email from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences seemed to have inadvertently exposed the list of winners more than four hours in advance. According to Swedish TV, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences sent an email on Wednesday disclosing the names of scientists who will win the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

According to the email, three people will share this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They are Moungi G. Bawendi of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Louis E. Brus of Columbia University, and Alexey I. Ekimov of Nanocrystal Technology. The reason for the award is for achievements in the field of nanotechnology.

According to Sweden's Daily News, at 7:30 local time on Wednesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences issued an email titled "They sowed important seeds for nanotechnology", announcing that "the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will honor scientists who have made achievements in the discovery and development of quantum dots. Quantum dots are nanoparticles so small that their size determines their properties."

After describing the scientific progress made in the field of nanoparticles, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has named three award-winning scientists. They are all active in the United States, namely Bawendi, a French-Tunisian-American chemist at MIT, Bruce, an American chemistry professor at Columbia University, and Ikimov, a Russian scientist at Nanocrystal Technology Company.

Eva Nevelius, spokesperson for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, responded that the academy has not yet made any decision on the Nobel Prize winner and plans to investigate the matter. "The only thing I can say is we can't comment on what happened and no decisions have been made at this time," she said.

The spokesperson also said that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is currently meeting to decide the winners, and plans to hold a press conference in Stockholm at 17:45 Beijing time on Wednesday as originally planned to announce the list of winners.