Isamu Akasaki
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014.
Born: 30, Jan, 1929, Chiran, Japan
Died: 1, Apr, 2021, Nagoya, Japan
Prize motivation: "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources"
Affiliation at the time of the award: Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
Prize share: 1/3