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This year, the Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to researchers Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura, who invented the blue LED back in the 1990’s.<\/p>\n
Blue LEDs were long sought after as a means of creating white light, by combining them with existing red and green LEDs. <\/p>\n
With the creation of a commercially viable blue LED, Nakamura and his colleagues opened the door to adjustable colour displays powered by LEDs, as well as bright, efficient and energy-saving LED lamps which could be used in homes and in the headlights of your car.<\/p>\n
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But ironically, the man who brought LEDs into the world in the first place has barely been given a look-in by the Nobel Committee. Professor Nick Holonyak created the world’s first visible-spectrum LED back in 1962, and since then LEDs have been a cheap and efficient way of creating lighting displays for a huge plethora of different appliances; domestic, commercial and military. <\/p>\n
If you’ve still got a clock radio with a glowing red display, you can thank Professor Holonyak that it exists.<\/p>\n
So why has Holonyak been passed over for decades while the Japanese researchers have been awarded the prize? Some would argue that the prize represents their commitment to creating a solution that could unlock the full potential of the LED, as well as the impact that their innovation will have across the world.<\/p>\n
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It’s predicted that LED lamps could revolutionise lighting for communities around the world who do not have access to national power grids – because they use less power, these lights could run off cheap solar panels.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, it’s certain that their invention would not exist had it not been for Holonyak’s research into semiconductors during his career at General Electric in the 1950s and 60s.<\/p>\n
What do you think? Should the Nobel Committee be celebrating Professor Holonyak’s invention too? Let us know in the comment section below.<\/p>\n
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