Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea. Head to to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription. If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically - Huge thanks to the UC Santa Barbara Materials Dept for taking us around, and to Álvaro Bermejillo Seco for reviewing the science. These sources were also especially helpful: Nobel Prize Biography - Shuji Nakamura - Johnstone, B. (2015). Brilliant!. Prometheus Books. - Nakamura, S., Pearton, S., & Fasol, G. (2010). The Blue Laser Diode: The Complete Story. Springer. - ▀▀▀ References: ht