Спецвыпуск 2014 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS
Blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are everywhere — smartphones, computer screens, energy-efficient light bulbs — and that’s thanks to the efforts of three Japanese-born inventors who have now been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics. Working through the 1980s and 1990s, Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura overcame several technological hurdles to coax a semiconductor into emitting high-power blue light.
In celebration, NPG is making available a range of articles from its journal archives that capture and reflect their remarkable achievements. Due to their impact and importance the research articles in the Highlights section will be free to access for a month.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Nobel for blue LED that revolutionized lighting
Physics prize recognizes potential of invention with power to reduce global electricity consumption.
Nature (07 October 2014)
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Prospects for LED lighting
More than one-fifth of US electricity is used to power artificial lighting. Light-emitting diodes based on group III/nitride semiconductors are bringing about a revolution in energy-efficient lighting.
Nature Photonics (01 April 2009)
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Origin of defect-insensitive emission probability in In-containing (Al,In,Ga)N alloy semiconductors
Shigefusa F. Chichibu, Akira Uedono, Takeyoshi Onuma, Benjamin A. Haskell, Arpan Chakraborty, Takahiro Koyama, Paul T. Fini, Stacia Keller, Steven P. DenBaars, James S. Speck, Umesh K. Mishra, Shuji Nakamura, Shigeo Yamaguchi, Satoshi Kamiyama, Hiroshi Amano, Isamu Akasaki, Jung Han and Takayuki Sota.
Nature Materials (03 September 2006)
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Blue Chip
Shuji Nakamura beat the titans to blue LEDs and lasers, potentially revolutionizing lighting and data storage.
Scientific American (05 July 2000)
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Nitride-based semiconductors for blue and green light-emitting devices
F. A. Ponce & D. P. Bour.
Nature (27 March 1997)
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Technology Focus: LEDs and their applications
Over the past forty years this compound semiconductor-based light source has evolved to become a bright, efficient source of white, red, green and blue light that is giving cars, interior lighting and signage a radical new look.
Nature Photonics (01 January 2007)
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Improved heat dissipation in gallium nitride light-emitting diodes with embedded graphene oxide pattern
Nam Han, Tran Viet Cuong, Min Han, Beo Deul Ryu, S. Chandramohan, Jong Bae Park, Ji Hye Kang, Young-Jae Park, Kang Bok Ko, Hee Yun Kim, Hyun Kyu Kim, Jae Hyoung Ryu, Y. S. Katharria, Chel-Jong Choi & Chang-Hee Hong.
Nature Communications (05 February 2013)
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Emissive ZnO–graphene quantum dots for white-light-emitting diodes
Dong Ick Son, Byoung Wook Kwon, Dong Hee Park, Won-Seon Seo, Yeonjin Yi, Basavaraj Angadi, Chang-Lyoul Lee & Won Kook Choi.
Nature Nanotechnology (27 May 2012)
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A novel phosphor for glareless white light-emitting diodes
Hisayoshi Daicho, Takeshi Iwasaki, Kiminori Enomoto, Yasutaka Sasaki, Yuzo Maeno, Yu Shinomiya, Shinobu Aoyagi, Eiji Nishibori, Makoto Sakata, Hiroshi Sawa, Satoru Matsuishi & Hideo Hosono.
Nature Communications (16 October 2012)
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Nearly single-crystalline GaN light-emitting diodes on amorphous glass substrates
Jun Hee Choi, Andrei Zoulkarneev, Sun Il Kim, Chan Wook Baik, Min Ho Yang, Sung Soo Park, Hwansoo Suh, Un Jeong Kim, Hyung Bin Son, Jae Soong Lee, Miyoung Kim, Jong Min Kim & Kinam Kim.
Nature Photonics (09 October 2011)
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Stable and efficient quantum-dot light-emitting diodes based on solution-processed multilayer structures
Lei Qian, Ying Zheng, Jiangeng Xue & Paul H. Holloway.
Nature Photonics (07 August 2011)
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An aluminium nitride light-emitting diode with a wavelength of 210 nanometres
Yoshitaka Taniyasu, Makoto Kasu & Toshiki Makimoto.
Nature (26 March 2006)
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Repeated temperature modulation epitaxy for p-type doping and light-emitting diode based on ZnO
Atsushi Tsukazaki, Akira Ohtomo, Takeyoshi Onuma, Makoto Ohtani, Takayuki Makino, Masatomo Sumiya, Keita Ohtani, Shigefusa F. Chichibu, Syunrou Fuke, Yusaburou Segawa, Hideo Ohno, Hideomi Koinuma & Masashi Kawasaki.
Nature Materials (19 December 2004)
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Surface-plasmon-enhanced light emitters based on InGaN quantum wells
Koichi Okamoto, Isamu Niki, Alexander Shvartser, Yukio Narukawa, Takashi Mukai2 & Axel Scherer.
Nature Materials (22 August 2004)
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Nitride semiconductors free of electrostatic fields for efficient white light-emitting diodes
P. Waltereit, O. Brandt, A. Trampert, H. T. Grahn, J. Menniger, M. Ramsteiner, M. Reiche & K. H. Ploog.
Nature (04 July 2000)