Shuji Nakamura
Japanese doctor of Engineering (1954-), inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics
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Shuji Nakamura is a Japanese engineer who invented the blue light-emitting diode (LED), a technology that enabled the creation of white LEDs and energy-efficient lighting systems. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for this invention, recognizing its major impact on modern lighting and display technology.
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Shuji Nakamura (Japanese: 中村 修二, romanized: Nakamura Shūji; born May 22, 1954) is a Japanese–American electronics engineer and co-inventor of the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology. For this achievement, Nakamura, together with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014.
Nakamura specializes in the field of semiconductor technology. He is Professor of Materials and of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) since 1999.
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