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Isamu Akasaki

इसामु आकासाकी

Japanese engineer (1929-2021)

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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.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Chiran wd
Died
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Place of death
Nagoya wd
Citizenship
Japan, Empire of Japan wd
Occupation
physicist, professor, engineer, electrotechnician, university teacher, scientist wd
Education
Kyoto University, Kōnan High School, Seventh Higher School, Nagoya University wd

Awards wd

  • Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class (2002)
  • Edison Medal (2011)
  • Order of Culture (2011)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (2014)
  • Charles Stark Draper Prize (2015)
  • Person of Cultural Merit (2004)
  • Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (2009)
  • Asahi Prize (2000)
  • Medal with Purple Ribbon (1996)
  • IEEE Fellow
  • Imperial Prize of Japan Academy (2014)
  • Gordon E. Moore Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Solid State Science and Technology (1999)
  • IEEE Jack A. Morton Award (1998)
  • honorary doctorate from University of Montpellier-II (1999)
  • Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2021)

About

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."

Questions

When was Isamu Akasaki born?
Isamu Akasaki was born on 30 January 1929 in Chiran.
Where did Isamu Akasaki study?
Isamu Akasaki was educated at Kyoto University, Kōnan High School, Seventh Higher School, Nagoya University.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Isamu Akasaki · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (Nepali): इसामु आकासाकी · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikidata item Q1673706 · CC0 1.0
  4. Image: Isamu Akasaki 201111.jpg by 大臣官房人事課 (CC BY 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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