Dr. Isamu Akasaki is one of the Japanese physicist who has been awarded with a Nobel Prize. Along with another Japanese physicist and an American physicist, the three received the Nobel for their work done on LED lights.
The Japanese physicists, Dr. Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshima Amano along with Shuji Nakamura have been awarded the Nobel Prize "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources."
The LED lights created by the physicists have brought the "greatest benefit to mankind" according to the jury. The LED lights were first invented in the early 1990s that had paved a way to eco-friendly but long lasting light bulbs.
Apart from the Nobel Prize, Dr. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshima Amano and Shuji Nakamura are set to receive an award money of $1.1 million. The prize money will be awarded on Dec. 10 at Stockholm. All three physicist had been honoured at the press conference held in Sweden. They join 196 Physics honourees who had been recognized since the year 1901.
Dr. Isamu Akasaki is aged 85 had come from Nagoya University and Meijo University. On the other hand, Dr. Hiroshima Amano is aged 54 and had come from Nagoya University. Dr. Shuji Nakamura aged 60 is an American from University of California.
With regards to the news of Dr. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshima Amano and Shuji Nakamura winning the Nobel Prize, Dr. Frances Saunders of the Institute of Physics had more to say.
"Akasaki, Amano and Nakamura's research has made this possible. This is physics research that is having a direct impact on the grandest of scales, helping protect our environment, as well as turning up in our everyday electronic gadgets," stated Saunders.
All thanks to Dr. Isaum Akasaki, Hiroshima Amano and Shuji Nakamura, LED lights were created and have long been part of the ever changing and growing future.
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