Abstract

Shuji Nakamura is unanimously regarded as one of the greatest contemporary experts in the field of electronic engineering. He was born in a humble Japanese rural family, and worked in Nichia Corporation after attaining his master's degree. Shuji Nakamura did his independent research under very harsh conditions, and spent 6 years successfully solving the problems occurred in the invention and industrialization of the blue LED. Afterwards, he broke up with Nichia Corporation, moved to the US, became a professor at the University of California and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014. This paper is intended to reveal the complicated correlation between the academic mechanism, society and scientists through the prism of the unique and rich life of Shuji Nakamura.

Key Words

Shuji Nakamura; Blue LED; GaN; Technological innovation

Citation: Shen, N., Xu, F. 'Shuji Nakamura, the Father of the Blue LED: The Great Victory of a Humble Man' [J]. Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2019, 41(6): 118-126.

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