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Also Known As light-emitting diode • light-emissive diode

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Light-emitting diodes have largely replaced older lighting technologies, such as incandescent bulbs
A classic LED digital clock
Know how halogen and fluorescent bulbs, as well as sodium, mercury, and metal-halide vapour lamps, and LEDs work
Learn how different types of electric light works - incandescent, halogen, fluorescent, and LED
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John J. Hopfield
John J. Hopfield
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Nakamura, Shuji
Shuji Nakamura
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Nick Holonyak, Jr.
American engineer
Akasaki Isamu
Akasaki Isamu
Japanese materials scientist
Amano Hiroshi
Amano Hiroshi
Japanese materials scientist