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Isamu Akasaki
Engineer

Isamu Akasaki

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Developing efficient blue LEDs based on gallium nitride.

Blue LEDs · Nobel Prize

Born
30 January 1929
Birthplace
Chiran
Died
1 April 2021

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Isamu Akasaki

Isamu Akasaki was a Japanese semiconductor researcher whose work helped make energy-efficient white LED lighting possible.

Early life

Education

Graduated from Kyoto University in 1952 and received a doctorate from Nagoya in 1964.

Career

  1. 1952

    Industrial research

    Joined Kobe Kogyo.

  2. 1981

    Nagoya University

    Returned as a professor after industrial research at Matsushita.

  3. 1992

    Meijo University

    Joined its graduate school.

Contributions

Blue LEDs

Advanced gallium-nitride devices with Hiroshi Amano.

Nobel Prize

Shared the physics prize with Amano and Shuji Nakamura.

Beyond research

Student interests

Enjoyed mountain walks and visiting temples and shrines.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Additional biographical source ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: 大臣官房人事課. CC BY 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.