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Shuji Nakamura (中村 修二, Nakamura Shūji, born May 22, 1954) is a Japanese-American electronic engineer and inventor of the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology. Nakamura specializes in the field of semiconductor technology, and he is a professor of materials science at the College of Engineering of the University of ...
Shuji Nakamura is a Japanese inventor of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that enable bright and energy-saving white light sources. He worked at Nichia and the University of California, Santa Barbara, and shared the Nobel Prize with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano.
Biographical. Shuji Nakamura was born on May 22, 1954 in Oku, a tiny fishing village on the Pacific coast of Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands. Farming is the principle occupation in Oku. Local farmers grow yams on steps cut into steep hillsides.
May 18, 2024 · Shuji Nakamura is a Japanese-born American materials scientist who was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs). He shared the prize with Japanese materials scientists Akasaki Isamu and Amano Hiroshi.
Watch and read the interview with Shuji Nakamura, the 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics for inventing the blue LED and laser diode. Learn about his reaction, motivation, and advice on winning the Prize.
Bachelor of Electronic Engineering, University of Tokushima. Widely recognized as pioneer in light emitters based on wide-bandgap semiconductors, Nakamura continues to focus on development of GaN thin film technology for the developments of high efficient Nitride-based LEDs and laser diodes.
Oct 7, 2014 · Shuji Nakamura, Hiroshi Amano and Isamu Akasaki (left to right) won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics. Credit: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty. Found in smartphones, computer screens and...
