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Together with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, Nakamura received the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".
7 paź 2014 · The 2014 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists in Japan and the US for the invention of blue light emitting diodes (LEDs). Professors Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and...
7 paź 2014 · Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura received the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources. The press release explains the significance, history and impact of their discovery for lighting technology and society.
Blue LEDs proved to be much more difficult to create than red and green diodes. During the 1980s and 1990s Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura successfully used the difficult-to-handle semiconductor gallium nitride to create effecient blue LEDs.
17 lis 2014 · This News & Views explains how the blue GaN LED was invented and its important role in modern society. The first red LED was created in the 1950s and by the 1960s the pursuit of shorter...
Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura are rewarded for inventing a new energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source – the blue light-emitting diode (LED). In the spirit of Alfred Nobel, the Prize awards an invention of greatest benefit to mankind; by using blue LEDs, white light can be created in a new way.
7 paź 2014 · The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and...
