In memory of
Isamu Akasaki

Isamu Akasaki

30 January 1929 — 1 April 2021
Chiran · Nagoya
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Isamu Akasaki 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.

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