Many researchers have joined the field and applied the LED to many new markets such as mobile phone screens, LED TV, and LED Lighting. Shuji Nakamura Read Quote
I have been very fortunate to be supported by many people in my career. I also appreciate my personal friends, business friends, and my family who have been patient and understanding of my long working hours. Shuji Nakamura Read Quote
The LED light bulb is more than ten times the efficiency of regular incandescent lighting, so it can save the world hundreds of billions of dollars in electricity costs. Shuji Nakamura Read Quote
I am thankful to Nichia Chemical Corporation and its founder Nobu Ogawa, who gave me the research opportunity to create a blue LED. Shuji Nakamura Read Quote
For people who currently have to burn fossil fuels to produce meager, polluting light, LED lighting is a game changer. Shuji Nakamura Read Quote
The promise of energy savings, reduced carbon emissions and affordable lighting was there from the inception. The proliferation of the technology into areas such as displays, automotive, medicine and horticulture was unexpected. Shuji Nakamura Read Quote
Basically, I like research because research is like to solve the quiz, you know. Always there is a problem, and I have to solve the problem. So I like those patterns. It’s almost like research is sort of in a quiz. Shuji Nakamura Read Quote
When I started on my research, I never expected I could invent the LED and laser diode. Shuji Nakamura Read Quote
I’m not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, ‘You got the Nobel Prize.’ So, I was so, so happy, and I was so surprised. Shuji Nakamura Read Quote
I was so surprised because I’m not too sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize, you know, because basically, physics, it means that usually people was awarded for the invention of the basic theory. But in my case, not a basic theory, in my case just making the device, you know. Shuji Nakamura Read Quote
