2014 Nobel Prize in physics: the blue LED to illuminate the world.
On October 7, according to foreign media reports, 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists from the US and Japan, in recognition of their invention of the blue LED technology. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura in the 1990s, the independent development of blue LED technology, respectively.
The newly developed blue LED light source with the existing red and green LED light source, people can finally produce a more natural and practical white lighting through three primary principles. The three winners will share the 8 million kronor ($ 1.2 million) prize.
At the press conference held on the 7th, the Nobel Committee announced the names of three scientists, they also therefore the award winners since 1901 issued a total of 196 highly respected scholars together to be remembered in the long list Single above. When informed of the award-winning news, is Professor Shuji Nakamura of Japan was still asleep, he told reporters:. "This is simply unbelievable."
In announcing the award, the Nobel Committee has expounded the great significance of the winners of the invention has, and stressed that the purpose of the establishment of the Nobel Prize is to reward scientists for the welfare of mankind as a whole make a significant contribution. Professor, University ofLinkoping, Sweden, a member of the Nobel Committee Ehud · Andre Jonas (Olle Inganas), said: "These applications allow Alfred Nobel award was very pleased."
Chairman of the Nobel Committee, Professor Pierre Deer Xin (Per Delsing) Sweden Chalmers University of Technology introduced the hard-won achievements of the winners, he said: "Interestingly, many large companies have tried previously to do this, but they all failed. But some people refused to give up is to insist on their experiment again and again, and ultimately successful. "
Although red and green LED technology has been around for years, but the blue LED technology is much more difficult, it is time for decades both the scientific community and industry feel troubled. Without them, we could not take advantage of the three primary principles of synthesis white lighting.
Now, the use of blue LED technology products into millions of households around the world, it gives you light, it exists in your camera and phone. In offices and homes around the world, the white lights illuminate the room, and they expended energy is much less than incandescent lights and day. In the words of the award, the Nobel Committee wrote: "incandescent lamp illuminates the 20th century, while the LED lights will illuminate the 21st century."
Since a quarter of the world's electricity is used for lighting purposes, more energy-efficient lamps will have become more important in the global context of the compressed carbon dioxide emissions. LED lights will also help the world more than 15 million people bid farewell to the era of no lighting, LED lamps use less energy will allow local small solar power station to achieve lighting possible.
University of Cambridge Professor Sir Colin Humphrey (Sir Colin Humphreys) said: "This is a tremendous achievement, Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura deserved blue LED technology they invented for the development of energy-saving lamps and bright. more efficient lighting technology, paving the way. "