Nobel prize winners associated with Crystallography
This list represents my personal selection; please let me have your comments.
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- 1901 Physics
- W.C.R�ntgen Discovery of X-rays
- 1914 Physics
- M Von Laue Diffraction of X-rays by crystals
- 1915 Physics
- W.H.Bragg and W.L.Bragg
Use of X-rays to determine crystal structure
- 1929 Physics
- L-V de Broglie The wave nature of the electron
- 1937 Physics
- C.J.Davisson and G.Thompson Diffraction of electrons by
crystals
- 1946 Chemistry
- J.B.Sumner for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallised
- 1954 Chemistry
- L.C.Pauling for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and
its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances
Books about his life
- 1962 Physiology or Medicine
- F.Crick, J.Watson, M.Wilkins The helical structure of DNA
Books about the double helix
- 1962 Chemistry
- J.C.Kendrew,
M.Perutz
for their studies of the structures of globular proteins
- 1964 Chemistry
- D.Hodgkin
Structure of many biochemical substances including Vitamin B12
- 1976 Chemistry
- W.N.Lipscomb structure of boranes
- 1982 Chemistry
- A.Klug development of crystallographic electron microscopy
and discovery of the structure of biologically important nucliec
acid-protein complexes
- 1982 Physics
- K.G.Wilson theory of critical phenomena in connection with
phase transitions
- 1985 Chemistry
- H.Hauptmanm J.Karle development of direct methods for the
determination of crystal structures
- 1988 Chemistry
- J.Deisenhofer, R.Huber, H.Michel for the determination of
the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre
- 1991 Physics
- P-G de Gennes methods of discovering order in simple
systems can be applied to polymers and liquid crystals
- 1992 Physics
- G. Charpak discovery of the multi wire proportional chamber
- 1994 Physics
-
C.Shull and N.Brockhouse Neutron diffraction
See also an article from the
ONRL Review
for details of Clifford Shull's pioneering research on neutron scattering
- 1996 Chemistry
- R.Curl, H.Kroto, R.Smalley Discovery of the fullerene form of carbon
- 1997 Chemistry
- P.D.Boyer, J.E.Walker, J.C.Skou elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme
Further details of the life and work of these Prize Winners can be found at the
'Electronic Nobel Museum', which has
portraits and bibligraphies.
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