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The 164 pages that link to Nobel Prize in Chemistry, each with the reason it gives.
Nobel Prize in PhysicsCompared with: It shares Nobel’s original award structure but recognizes chemistry rather than physics.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineCompared with: Research at the boundary of chemistry and biology may fit either prize category.
Polymerase chain reactionRelated: Mullis received the 1993 prize for inventing PCR.
IUPACRelated: IUPAC and the Nobel organization have collaborated on recognizing achievements in chemistry.
Ernest RutherfordRelated: Rutherford received the 1908 prize for investigations into the disintegration of elements and radioactive substances.
Nobel Prize controversiesBroader topic: Its selections raise questions about boundaries between chemistry and neighboring sciences.
Nobel PrizeBroader topic: Chemistry laureates often receive recognition for discoveries with wide scientific and practical effects.
Marie CurieRelated: Curie received the 1911 prize for discovering polonium and radium and isolating radium.
Sodium-potassium pumpRelated: Skou received the 1997 prize for discovering the sodium-potassium pump.
International Union of Pure and Applied ChemistryCompared with: The Nobel Prize honors discoveries, while IUPAC primarily coordinates standards and scientific practice.
Fritz HaberRelated: Haber received the 1918 prize for synthesizing ammonia from its elements.
Glenn T. SeaborgRelated: Seaborg and Edwin McMillan received the 1951 prize for discoveries in transuranium chemistry.
Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesRelated: The Academy chooses the chemistry laureates through its Nobel committees.
Svante ArrheniusRelated: Arrhenius received the 1903 prize for his theory of electrolytic dissociation.
William RamsayRelated: Ramsay received the 1904 prize for discovering the inert gaseous elements in air.
FullereneNarrower topic: The 1996 prize recognized the discovery of fullerenes.
Ziegler–Natta catalystRelated: Ziegler and Natta shared the 1963 prize for discoveries in polymer chemistry and technology.
DeuteriumRelated: Urey received the 1934 prize for discovering heavy hydrogen.
Protein engineeringRelated: The 2018 prize recognized Frances Arnold's directed evolution and George Smith's phage display.
ChemiosmosisRelated: Mitchell received the 1978 prize for his contribution to biological energy transfer through chemiosmosis.
Hermann StaudingerRelated: Staudinger received the 1953 prize for discoveries in macromolecular chemistry.
William Henry PerkinRelated: Perkin received the 1906 prize for his work on organic dyes and chemical industry.
Max PerutzNarrower topic: Perutz shared the 1962 prize with John Kendrew for studies of globular proteins.
Carl BoschRelated: Bosch and Friedrich Bergius received the 1931 prize for their contributions to high-pressure chemistry.
Directed evolutionRelated: The 2018 prize recognized directed evolution alongside phage display.
Grignard reagentRelated: Grignard shared the 1912 prize for developing organomagnesium reagents in organic synthesis.
Paul BergRelated: Berg shared the 1980 prize for fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids.
Richard WillstätterRelated: Willstätter received the 1915 prize for his investigations of plant pigments, especially chlorophyll.
Adolf von BaeyerRelated: The 1905 citation recognized Baeyer’s work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds.
Edwin McMillanRelated: McMillan and Seaborg received the 1951 prize for discoveries in the chemistry of transuranium elements.
Nobel lectureBroader topic: Chemistry laureates commonly use the lecture to trace the reasoning behind their research.
Peter DebyeRelated: Debye received the 1936 prize for his work on molecular structure through dipole moments and X-ray diffraction.
Walther NernstRelated: Nernst received the 1920 prize for his work in thermochemistry.
Albert Szent-GyörgyiCompared with: His chemical discoveries were honored by the medicine prize, highlighting their physiological significance.
BuckminsterfullereneRelated: Kroto, Curl, and Smalley received the 1996 prize for discovering fullerenes.
Dorothy HodgkinRelated: Hodgkin received the 1964 prize for determining structures of biochemical substances.
Emil FischerRelated: Fischer received the 1902 prize for work on sugar synthesis and purine compounds.
Robert Burns WoodwardRelated: Woodward received the 1965 prize for achievements in the art of organic synthesis.
Royal InstitutionRelated: Multiple Royal Institution researchers, including William Henry Bragg, received Nobel recognition.
Eduard BuchnerRelated: Buchner received the prize in 1907 for his work on cell-free fermentation.
F. Sherwood RowlandNarrower topic: The 1995 prize recognized Rowland, Molina, and Crutzen for atmospheric ozone research.
FerroceneNarrower topic: Wilkinson and Fischer shared the 1973 prize for pioneering organometallic chemistry, including work on sandwich compounds.
Frederick SoddyRelated: Soddy received the 1921 prize for his investigations into radioactive substances and the origin of isotopes.
Irène Joliot-CurieRelated: The 1935 award recognized the Joliot-Curies’ discovery of artificial radioactivity.
Richard KuhnNarrower topic: Kuhn’s 1938 award belongs to this prize’s history and changing scientific context.
Bernardo HoussayCompared with: Leloir, trained in Houssay’s research environment, later received this prize for carbohydrate research.
Frédéric Joliot-CurieRelated: Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie received the 1935 prize for their synthesis of new radioactive elements.
Wittig reactionRelated: Wittig received the 1979 prize for developing phosphorus-ylide chemistry.
Catalytic hydrogenationRelated: Sabatier shared the 1912 prize for his method of hydrogenating organic compounds in the presence of finely divided metals.
Emmanuelle CharpentierRelated: Charpentier shared its 2020 award for the development of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing.