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Hiroshi Amano

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Japanese doctor of engineering and physicist (1960-), 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics

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Hiroshi Amano is a Japanese materials scientist specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. He is a co-inventor of the blue LED, for which he was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura.

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Blue light-emitting diodesBlue light-emitting diodes

Awards 4

2014Nobel Prize in Physics
2014Order of Culture
2014Person of Cultural Merit
honorary doctor of the University of Padua

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Roman HerzogAlso won honorary doctor of the University of PaduaJorge AmadoAlso won honorary doctor of the University of PaduaRené GirardAlso won honorary doctor of the University of PaduaBohumil HrabalAlso won honorary doctor of the University of PaduaThomas KuhnAlso won honorary doctor of the University of PaduaTakaaki KajitaAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Padua

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Japan
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1960 · age 66
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