US EditionNobel Prize in chemistry goes to trio of scientists for developing ‘metal-organic frameworks’
- Three scientists, Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal-organic frameworks that capture carbon dioxide and harvest water from desert air.
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the trio for their groundbreaking work from the late 1980s to the early 2000s in creating porous structures, leading to tens of thousands of different MOFs being developed.
- The laureates will share an award of 11 million Swedish crowns and will receive their honors at ceremonies on December 10, marking Nobel's anniversary.
- Hans Ellegren, secretary general of the Academy, highlighted the potential of MOFs to create materials with tailored properties that can tackle sustainability challenges.
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Research on metal-organic frameworks gets the chemistry Nobel Prize
From capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or sucking water out of dry desert air, the trio's new form of molecular architecture can absorb and contain gases inside metal organic frameworks.
Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 "for the development of metal-organic frames", a new form of molecular architecture that can help address problems such as climate change and freshwater scarcity. The three winners worked to create molecular constructions, known as metal-organic frames or MOF, with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow and can be used …
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for ‘Revolutionary’ Breakthrough
Three scientists—Japan’s Susumu Kitagawa, UK-born Richard Robson and American-Jordanian Omar Yaghi—won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday, October 8th for developing metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Robson first explored the potential of MOFs in 1989, creating spacious crystal structures with copper ions. Kitagawa and Yaghi later provided a stable foundation for these structures, demonstrating gas flow, flexibility, and customizable …
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi.
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