Isamu Akasaki
Also known as Akasaki Isamu
Japanese engineer (1929-2021)
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Isamu Akasaki was a Japanese engineer who made groundbreaking contributions to the development of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), work that earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014. His innovations in semiconductor technology were essential for creating efficient white LED lighting, which has become widely used in energy-efficient lighting systems around the world.
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Isamu Akasaki (Japanese: 赤﨑 勇, romanized: Akasaki Isamu; January 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021) was a Japanese electronics engineer specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. He is best known for co-inventing the bright gallium nitride (GaN) p–n junction blue LED in 1989 and subsequently the high-brightness GaN blue LED as well.
Akasaki was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura, "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources."
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1929 births2021 deathsAcademic staff of Nagoya UniversityAsia Game Changer Award winnersDeaths from pneumonia in JapanDraper Prize winnersFellows of the IEEEForeign associates of the National Academy of EngineeringIEEE Edison Medal recipientsJapanese nanotechnologistsJapanese Nobel laureatesKagoshima University alumni