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Japanese Nobel-prize-winning semiconductor pioneer Isamu Akasaki dies aged 92

06 Apr 2021 Michael Banks
Isamu Akasaki
Seeing the light: Isamu Akasaki was instrumental in the creation of blue LEDs in the 1980s and 1990s that led to a wide range of applications (Courtesy: Meijo Univeristy)
The Japanese semiconductor pioneer Isamu Akasaki has died at the age of 92. His work in the late 198

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