Isamu Akasaki

Isamu Akasaki was a Japanese materials scientist specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. He is best known for co-inventing the bright gallium nitride (GaN) p–n junction blue LED in 1989 and subsequently the high-brightness GaN blue LED as well.

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Who was born first?

• Isamu Akasaki and Paul Lauterbur were born the same year
• Isamu Akasaki and Werner Arber were born the same year
• Isamu Akasaki and Edith Windsor were born the same year
• Isamu Akasaki and Eric Kandel were born the same year
• Isamu Akasaki and Murray Gell-Mann were born the same year

Timeline

1. Edith WindsorJune 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017
2. Eric KandelNovember 7, 1929 – present
3. Isamu Akasaki (this page)January 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021
4. Murray Gell-MannSeptember 15, 1929 – May 24, 2019
5. Paul LauterburMay 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007
6. Werner ArberJune 3, 1929 – present

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