I. Akasaki, H. Amano and S. Nakamura w ere awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 due to their results of GaN. Please provide the understandings why GaN is an important material.

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I. Akasaki, H. Amano and S. Nakamura were awarded the Nobel Prize in
Physics in 2014 due to their results of GaN. Please provide the understandings
why GaN is an important material.
Transcribed Image Text:I. Akasaki, H. Amano and S. Nakamura were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 due to their results of GaN. Please provide the understandings why GaN is an important material.
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