Technical University of Berlin Technical University of Munich
Known for
Electron Microscopy
Relatives
Helmut Ruska (brother)
Awards
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1960) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1970) Duddell Medal and Prize (1975) Robert Koch Prize (Gold, 1986) Nobel Prize in Physics (1986)
Scientific career
Fields
Physics
Institutions
Fritz Haber Institute Technical University of Berlin
Doctoral advisor
Max Knoll
Notes
Ernst Ruska constructed the first transmission electron microscope (TEM) with his mentor Max Knoll
Electron microscope constructed by Ernst Ruska in 1933
Ernst August Friedrich Ruska (German pronunciation:[ɛʁnstˈʁʊskaː]ⓘ; 25 December 1906 – 27 May 1988)[1] was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics, including the design of the first electron microscope.[2]
^His Nobel bio claims he died on 25 May, while the Ruska memorial site says 27 May
^Hawkes, Peter W. (1990-07-01). "Ernst Ruska". Physics Today. 43 (7): 84–85. Bibcode:1990PhT....43g..84H. doi:10.1063/1.2810640. ISSN 0031-9228.
Ernst August Friedrich Ruska (German pronunciation: [ɛʁnst ˈʁʊskaː] ; 25 December 1906 – 27 May 1988) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in...
and materials fields. The first TEM was demonstrated by Max Knoll and ErnstRuska in 1931, with this group developing the first TEM with resolution greater...
The team consisted of several PhD students including ErnstRuska. In 1931, Max Knoll and ErnstRuska successfully generated magnified images of mesh grids...
electrons rather than light to generate an image. The German physicist, ErnstRuska, working with electrical engineer Max Knoll, developed the first prototype...
luthier Ernst Röhm, (1887-1934), German military officer and co-founder of the Nazi SA (Stormtroopers) Ernst Rolf, Swedish artist ErnstRuska, a German...
tunneling microscope (STM). The other half of the Prize was awarded to ErnstRuska. The Heinrich Rohrer Medal is presented triennially by the Surface Science...
brother ErnstRuska (1906-1988) and brother-in-law Bodo von Borries (1905-56), who were both research scientists at Siemens-Reiniger-Werke. ErnstRuska was...
century). In the Thirties of the 20th century the electrical engineers ErnstRuska and Max Knoll developed at the "Technische Hochschule zu Berlin" the...
leader of the electron research group there, where he and his co-worker, ErnstRuska, invented the electron microscope in 1931. In April 1932, Knoll joined...
electron microscopy with ErnstRuska at Siemens & Halske AG in Berlin. In 1937 von Borries 1937 married Hedwig Ruska, ErnstRuska's sister. After World War...
The team consisted of several PhD students including ErnstRuska. In 1931, Max Knoll and ErnstRuska successfully generated magnified images of mesh grids...
underlying the near-field scanning optical microscope 1931: Max Knoll and ErnstRuska start to build the first electron microscope. It is a transmission electron...
Department of Mechanical Engineering. In 1952 he became professor emeritus. ErnstRuska read a paper by Busch in the academic journal Archives Elektrotechnik...
Hahn, Robert Havemann, Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer, Iwan N. Stranski, ErnstRuska, Max von Laue, Gerhard Borrmann, Rudolf Brill, Kurt Moliere, Jochen Block...
(1904–1990) Carl David Anderson (1905–1991) Felix Bloch (1905–1983) ErnstRuska (1906–1988) John Bardeen (1908–1991) William Shockley (1910–1989) Dorothy...
2024) List of institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health Ernst Strüngmann Institute List of IBS Centers "Max Planck Institutes and Experts"...
Antimatter discovered 1932 – James Chadwick: Neutron discovered 1933 – ErnstRuska: Invention of the electron microscope 1935 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar:...
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Franco Modigliani 1986 ErnstRuska; Gerd Binnig; Heinrich Rohrer Dudley R. Herschbach; Yuan T. Lee; John...
Sendai (Japan). Knut Urban was appointed one of two directors of the ErnstRuska Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C) when it...
and promote biocompatibility. In 1931, German engineers Max Knoll and ErnstRuska invented the first electron microscope. With the development and invention...
Heidelberg, where he has been a student. Of his seven children, ErnstRuska and Helmut Ruska were distinguished in their fields. Studien zur Geschichte der...
Prize, but Ernest Lawrence was awarded it for the cyclotron in 1939, and ErnstRuska for the electron microscope in 1986. Szilard received German citizenship...
April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Nomination Archive - Ernst August Friedrich Ruska". NobelPrize.org. April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Nomination...
1939 by Gustav Kausche, Edgar Pfankuch and Helmut Ruska – the brother of Nobel Prize winner ErnstRuska. In 1955, Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat and Robley Williams...
December 24 – James Hadley Chase, English writer (d. 1985) December 25 – ErnstRuska, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988) December 26 – Imperio...
U.S. – inventor and designer known for UMBO shelving and furniture ErnstRuska (1906–1988), Germany – electron microscope William Chester Ruth (1882–1971)...
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