Nobel Prize in Physics 2014

Isamu Akasaki — © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud

Hiroshi Amano — © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud

Shuji Nakamura — © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: A. Mahmoud

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded jointly to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources"

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