Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura have been awarded the prize for “enabling bright and energy-saving white light sources”.
Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Nagoya University, Japan and Shuji Nakamura of UC Santa Barbara were given the honor by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources."
A statement from the Nobel committee said: "In the spirit of Alfred Nobel the Prize rewards an invention of greatest benefit to mankind; using blue LEDs, white light can be created in a new way. With the advent of LED lamps we now have more long-lasting and more efficient alternatives to older light sources."
It added: "Red and green diodes had been around for a long time, but without blue light, white lamps could not be created. Despite considerable efforts... the blue LED had remained a challenge for three decades. They succeeded where everyone else failed."
"Their inventions were revolutionary. Incandescent light bulbs lit the 20th century; the 21st century will be lit by LED lamps."
Upon being woken up to receive the announcement via telephone, California-based scientist Nakamura described the news as "unbelievable".
His co-winner Hiroshi Amano is believed to have been on a flight before the announcement, so could not be made aware of his win before the press conference.
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