Many Nobel prizes have been awarded in the fields of solid state chemistry and physics. The list below includes links to the Nobel Prize website where you can read a summary of the research for which the prize was awarded and in most cases biographies of the recipients which we thought might interest you.
Chapter 1
Schechtman quasi crystals 2011
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2011/prize-announcement/
Chapter 2
Dubochet, Frank and Hendersen Cryomicroscopy 2017 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2017/summary/
Schull neutron diffraction 1994
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1994/press-release/
Binnig and Ruler STM 1986
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1986/summary/
Ruska electron microscope 1986
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1986/summary/
Hauptman and Karle direct methods in structure determination 1985
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1985/hauptman/facts/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1985/karle/facts/
Klug electron microscopy 1982
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1982/klug/facts/
Bloch and Purcell NMR 1952
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1952/bloch/facts/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1952/purcell/facts/
Lawrence invention of cyclotron 1939
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1939/lawrence/facts/
Davisson and Thomson electron diffraction of crystals 1937
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1937/summary/
Debye dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases 1936
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1936/debye/facts/
Manne Siegbahn X-ray spectroscopy 1924
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1924/siegbahn/facts/
William Henry and William Lawrence Bragg analysis of crystal structure 1915
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1915/summary/
Von Laue diffraction grating 1914
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1914/summary/
Rontgen X-rays 1901
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1901/summary/
Chapter 3
Bridgman high pressure apparatus 1946
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1946/bridgman/facts/
Chapter 4
Kohn DFT 1998
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1998/kohn/facts/
Pople computational methods in quantum chemistry 1998 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1998/pople/facts/
Mulliken fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method 1966
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1966/mulliken/facts/
Bardeen, Brattain and Schockley transistors 1956
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1956/shockley/facts/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1956/bardeen/facts/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1956/brattain/facts/
Pauli Pauli exclusion principle 1945
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1945/pauli/facts/
Chapter 6
Whittingham, Goodenough and Yashino lithium ion batteries 2019
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/goodenough/facts/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/whittingham/facts/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/yoshino/facts/
Chapter 8
Akasaki, Amano and Nakamura blue LEDs 2014
https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/popular-physicsprize2014-1.pdf
Kao work on optical fibres 2009
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2009/summary/
Shikawa, McDiarmid and Heeger polyacetylene 2000
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2000/summary/
Alferov and Kroemer semiconductor heterostructures 2000
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2000/alferov/facts/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2000/kroemer/facts/
Townes, Basov and Prokhorov maser-laser 1964
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1964/summary/
Chapter 9
Fert and Grünberg GMR 2007
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2007/fert/facts/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2007/grunberg/facts/
Mott and van Vleck theoretical investigations of magnetic and disordered systems 1977
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1977/mott/facts/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1977/vleck/facts/
Néel ferro- and antiferomagnetism 1970
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1970/neel/facts/
Chapter 10
Abrikosov, Ginzburg and Leggett theory of superconductors 2003https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2003/abrikosov/facts/
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2003/ginzburg/facts/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2003/leggett/facts/
Bednorz and Muller HT superconductor 1987
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1987/summary/
Josephson effect 1973
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1973/summary/
Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer BCS theory 1972
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1972/summary/
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes low temperature physics 1913
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1913/summary/
Chapter 11
Geim and Novoselov graphene 2010
https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/advanced-physicsprize2010.pdf
Kroto, Curl and Smiley Buckminster fullerene 1996 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1996/summary/
Chapter 12
IPCC and Gore 2007 climate change
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2007/summary/
Maathai sustainable development, democracy and peace 2004
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/facts/