When I first entered college, in a Physics program in Brazil, this line of work was the subject of a lot of excitement and something professors would frequently tell us about! Thank you Isamu Akasaki for literally shining a light - in the blue spectrum - into our lives (=
Nobel laureate Isamu Akasaki, inventor of first efficient blue LED, dies at 92Akasaki, a professor at the Meijo University, had been recognized for the invention, which has contributed to bright and energy-saving white light sources, widely known as LED lamps.