Isamu Akasaki

Isamu Akasaki (赤崎 勇, Akasaki Isamu; January 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021) was a Japanese materials scientist 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."

Awards: Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class, Edison Medal, Order of Culture, Nobel Prize in Physics, Charles Stark Draper Prize, Person of Cultural Merit, Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology, Asahi Prize, Medal with Purple Ribbon, IEEE Fellow Education: Kyoto University, Kōnan High School, Seventh Higher School, Nagoya University

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