2014 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano...
2014 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano (both from Nagoya University) and Shuji Nakamura (University of California, Santa Barbara)
for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources
Congrats!
- Press Release (PDF)
- Information for the Public (PDF: Blue LEDs – Filling the world with new light)
- Scientific Background (PDF: Efficient Blue Light-Emitting Diodes Leading To Bright And Energy-Saving White Light Sources)