Isamu Akasaki

Isamu Akasaki (赤崎 勇, Akasaki Isamu, January 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021) was a Japanese engineer and physicist. He was best known for inventing the bright gallium nitride (GaN) p-n junction blue LED in 1989.^[1][2][3][4]

Isamu Akasaki
赤崎 勇
Isamu Akasaki
Born	(1929-01-30)January 30, 1929 Chiran, Kawanabe District, Kagoshima, Empire of Japan
Died	April 1, 2021(2021-04-01) (aged 92) Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Kyoto University Nagoya University
Awards	Asahi Prize (2001) Takeda Award (2002) Kyoto Prize (2009) IEEE Edison Medal (2011) Nobel Prize in Physics (2014) Charles Stark Draper Prize (2015)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, Engineering
Institutions	Meijo University Nagoya University

Akasaki was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology in 2009.^[5] He was also awarded the 2014 Nobel prize in Physics with Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura^[6] "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".

Akasaki died on April 1, 2021 at his home in Nagoya, Japan from pneumonia, aged 92.^[7]