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1、25FJgong-a第一篇InventorofLEDWhenNickHolonyaksetouttocreateanewkindofvisiblelightingusingsemiconductoralloys,hiscolleaguesthoughthewasunrealistic.Today,hisdiscoveryoflight-emittingdiodesor1LEDs,areusedineverythingfromDVDstoalarmclockstoairports.Dozensofhisstudentshavecontinuedhiswork,dev
2、elopinglightingusedintrafficlightsandothereverydaytechnology.OnApril23,2004,Holonyakreceivedthe$500,000Lemelson-MITPrizeataceremonyinWashington.Thismarksthe10thyearthattheLemelson-MITProgramattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology（MIT）hasgiventheawardtoprominentinventors."Anytimeyouget
3、anaward,bigorlittle2,it'salwaysasurprise,"Holonyaksaid.Holonyak,75,wasastudentofJohnBardeen,aninventorofthetransistor,intheearly1950s.Aftergraduateschool3,HolonyakworkedatBellLabs.HelaterwenttoGeneralElectric4,whereheinventedaswitchnowwidelyusedinhousedimmerswitches5.
Later,Holonyakst
4、artedlookingintohowsemiconductorscouldbeusedtogeneratelight.Butwhilehiscolleagueswerelookingathowtogenerateinvisiblelight,bewantedtogeneratevisiblelight.TheLEDsheinventedin1962nowlastabout10timeslongerthanincandescentbulbs,andaremoreenvironmentallyfriendlyandcosteffective.Holonyak,now
5、aprofessorofelectricalandcomputerengineeringandphysicsattheUniversityofIllinois,saidhesuspectedthatLEDswouldbecomeascommonplaceastheyaretoday.Butdidn'trealizehowmanyusestheywouldhave."Youdon'tknowinthebeginning.Youthinkyou'redoingsomethingimportant,youthinkit'sworthdoing,butyoureallyc
6、an'ttellwhatthebigpayoffisgoingtobe,andwhen,andhow.Youjustdon'tknow,"hesaid.TheLemelson-MITProgramalsorecognizedEdithFlanigen,75,withthe$100,000Lemelson-MITLifetimeAchievementAwardforherworkonanewgenerationof"molecularsieves"thatcanseparatemoleculesbysize.练习：1．Holonyak'scolleaguesthou
7、ghthewouldfailinhisresearchonLEDsatthetimewhenhestartedit.A2．HolonyakbelievedthathisstudentsthatwereworkingwithhimontheprojectwouldgettheLemelson-MITPrizesoonerorlater.C3．Holonyakwastheinventorofthetransistorintheearly1950s.B4．HolonyakbelievedthatLEDswouldbecomeverypopularinthefuture.
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