The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014

Isamu Akasaki

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Prize share: 1/3

Hiroshi Amano

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Prize share: 1/3

Shuji Nakamura

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Prize share: 1/3

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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