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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
gptkb:physicist
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:University_of_Tokyo
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:IEEE_Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun
gptkb:Japan_Academy_Prize
gptkb:Order_of_Culture
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1925-03-12
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gptkbp:birthName
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gptkb:Reona_Esaki
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Osaka,_Japan
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gptkbp:citizenship
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gptkb:Japan
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:dateOfDeath
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N/A (as of 2024, still living)
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Yoji_Totsuka
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:IBM
gptkb:Sony
gptkb:University_of_Tsukuba
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gptkbp:field
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physics
solid-state physics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Leo Esaki
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gptkbp:inventedBy
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gptkb:Esaki_diode
tunnel diode
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Esaki_diode
semiconductor research
quantum tunneling
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gptkbp:language
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English
Japanese
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Pontifical_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Japan_Academy
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
Japanese
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gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith
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gptkb:Brian_Josephson
gptkb:Ivar_Giaever
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gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear
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1973
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gptkbp:notableStudent
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gptkb:Yoshihisa_Yamamoto
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gptkbp:positionHeld
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President of University of Tsukuba
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:Long_Journey_into_Tunneling
New Phenomenon in Narrow Germanium p-n Junctions
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Japan
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Sachiko_Esaki
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:University_of_Tokyo
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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