Nobel Prize 2014 in Physics was awarded jointly to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura "for the invention of effective blue light-emitting diodes that have made white light sources bright and energy-saving."
Isamu Akasaki
Born: 1929, Chiran, Japan
Affiliation at the time of the award: Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Hiroshi Amano
Born: 1960, Hamamatsu, Japan
Affiliation at the time of the award: Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Shuji Nakamura
Born: 1954, Ikata, Japan
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States