Chronology of nobels

Date Name Discovery Nobel
Electron diffraction
1897 JJ Thomson Electron discovery cathode ray tube 1906
1924 De broglie Electron wavelength 1929
1927 Davisson,Germer Electron interference (reflection) 1937
GP Thomson,Reid Electron interference (transmission) 1937
1928 Bethe,Sommerfeld Dynamical 2-beam theory 1947
1930 Mott NF Electron scattering by atoms 1975
1932 Ruska Microscope lenses 1986
Binning Scannning Tunneling microscope 1986
Crystallography
1830 Miller (1801-1880) Identification of macroscopic crystal types
1850 Bravais (1811-1863) Theory of 14 crystal lattices
1891 Fedorow,Schonflies Theory 230 space groups
1912 Laue X-ray diffraction 1914
1912 Bragg Bragg's law and structure 1915
Biology
Perutz,Kendrew first protein 1962
Watson DNA 1962
Hodkings B12 1964
Klug Electron crystallo 1982
Hautpman,Karle direct methods 1985
Ramakrishmann ribosome 2009

Methods

Short Method characteristics application
EELS Electron Energy Loss spectroscopy Inelastic scattering low energy Mean free path, Composition detection(plasmon,...)
RHEED Reflection High energy Electron Diffraction 5-30 keV large angle Surface structure MBE,PLD
CBED Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy Surface Imaging
TEM Transmission Electron Microscopy 100keV Imaging
STM Scanning Tunneling Microscope
STEM Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
ADF Annular dark field microscopy
EDX Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy
EELS Electron Energy Loss spectroscopy