Shuji Nakamura
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Shuji Nakamura is a Japanese-American engineer and physicist best known for inventing the efficient blue LED, a breakthrough that enabled modern white LED lighting and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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| instanceOf |
engineer
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inventor → person → physicist → |
| academicDiscipline |
electrical engineering
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materials engineering → |
| awardReceived |
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Engineering
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Global Energy Prize → Millennium Technology Prize → Nobel Prize in Physics → Order of Culture (Japan) → Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering → |
| citizenshipChange |
naturalized as a U.S. citizen
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Japan
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United States of America → |
| dateOfBirth |
1954-05-22
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| degree |
Bachelor of Engineering
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Doctor of Engineering → Master of Engineering → |
| doctoralThesisTopic |
gallium nitride–based light-emitting devices
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| education |
University of Tokushima
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| employer |
Nichia Corporation
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University of California, Santa Barbara → |
| era |
20th century
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21st century → |
| familyName |
Nakamura
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| fieldOfWork |
materials science
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optoelectronics → semiconductor physics → |
| givenName |
Shuji
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| knownFor |
blue laser diodes
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development of white LED lighting → gallium nitride (GaN)–based LEDs → high-brightness blue and green LEDs → invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes → |
| name |
Shuji Nakamura
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| nobelPrize |
Nobel Prize in Physics 2014
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| nobelPrizeFor |
invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources
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| nobelPrizeYear |
2014
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| notableWork |
commercialization of white LED lighting
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development of high-efficiency blue LEDs at Nichia → |
| occupation |
professor
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| placeOfBirth |
Ikata, Ehime, Japan
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| positionHeld |
Professor of Materials and Electrical & Computer Engineering at UCSB
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| researchFocus |
gallium nitride (GaN)
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indium gallium nitride (InGaN) → laser diodes → light-emitting diodes → |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Hiroshi Amano
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Isamu Akasaki → |
| workInstitution |
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Referenced by (7)
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Millennium Technology Prize
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Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering → |
notableLaureate |
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Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering
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IEEE Photonics Award → |
notableRecipient |
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Hiroshi Amano
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Isamu Akasaki → |
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Shuji Nakamura
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name |