Hiroshi Amano
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Hiroshi Amano is a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and semiconductor technology.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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engineer → person → physicist → |
| academicDegree |
PhD in engineering
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| almaMater |
Nagoya University
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| awardReceived |
IEEE Edison Medal
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Japan Academy Prize → Nobel Prize in Physics → Order of Culture (Japan) → |
| birthDate |
1960-09-11
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| birthPlace |
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Japan
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| doctoralAdvisor |
Isamu Akasaki
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| educatedAt |
Nagoya University
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| employer |
Nagoya University
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| fieldOfWork |
materials science
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optoelectronics → physics → semiconductor physics → |
| gender |
male
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| knownFor |
blue light-emitting diodes
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gallium nitride semiconductors → semiconductor technology → |
| languageSpoken |
Japanese
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| memberOf |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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The Japan Academy → |
| name |
Hiroshi Amano
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| nationality |
Japanese
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| nativeName |
天野 浩
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| NobelPrize.category |
Physics
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| NobelPrize.motivation |
for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources
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| NobelPrize.year |
2014
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| notableAchievement |
development of high-quality GaN layers for blue LEDs
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pioneering work on p-type GaN → |
| occupation |
researcher
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university professor → |
| positionHeld |
director of the Center for Integrated Research of Future Electronics at Nagoya University
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professor at Nagoya University → |
| researchInterest |
gallium nitride (GaN)
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light-emitting diodes → wide bandgap semiconductors → |
| residence |
Nagoya, Japan
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| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Isamu Akasaki
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Shuji Nakamura → |
Referenced by (6)
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Isamu Akasaki
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Shuji Nakamura → |
sharedNobelPrizeWith |
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Nagoya University
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hasNobelLaureate |
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Hiroshi Amano
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name |
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Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
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notableLaureate |
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IEEE Photonics Award
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notableRecipient |