256:"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources". However, as Moustakas' role in discovering the blue LED were significant, there has been controversy about that he did not receive recognition and was left "in the dark" by the Nobel Committee. Following the announcement, the then Managing Director of Boston University's
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overturned the lower court and invalidated U.S. Patent No. 5686738 based on a lack of enablement.
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Moustakas and others created a company focusing on UV LED technology, called RayVio.
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Transport and recombination properties of amorphous arsenic telluride thin films
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