Isamu Akasaki - Nobel Prize in Physics — 2014
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Isamu Akasaki

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 2014
for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources
Together with: Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura
Citizenship
JapanJapanEmpire of JapanEmpire of Japan
Languages
Japanese
date of birth
1/30/1929
place of birth
Chiran
date of death
4/1/2021
place of death
Nagoya
Lived
92 years

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occupation
  • professor
  • electrotechnician
  • university teacher
  • physicist
  • engineer
  • scientist
field of work
  • physicist
educated at
  • Seventh Higher School
  • Kōnan High School
  • Nagoya University
  • Kyoto University
employer
  • Nagoya University
  • Panasonic Holdings Corporation
  • Denso Ten
  • Meijo University
member of
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Japan Academy
    • start time: 12/12/2014
doctoral student
  • Hiroshi Amano
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