Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025

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Navigate to: Summary- Susumu Kitagawa- Richard Robson- Omar M. Yaghi Prize announcement Press release Popular information Advanced information Popular science background: They have created new rooms for chemistry (pdf)Populärvetenskaplig information: De har skapat nya rum för kemi (pdf) They have created new rooms for chemistry Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of a new type of molecular architecture. The constructions they created – metal-organic frameworks – contain large cavities in which molecules can flow in and out. Researchers have used them to harvest water from desert air, extract pollutants from water, capture carbon dioxide and store hydrogen. An attractive and very spacious studio apartment, specifically designed for your life as a water molecule – this is how an estate agent might describe one of all the metal-organic frameworks that laboratories around the world have developed in recent decades. Other constructions of this type are tailormade for capturing carbon dioxide, separating PFAS from water, delivering pharmaceuticals in the body or managing extremely toxic gases. Some can trap the ethylene gas from fruit – so they ripen more slowly – or encapsulate enzymes that break down traces of antibiotics in the environment. © Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Simply stated, metal-organic frameworks are exceptionally useful. Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 because they created the first metal-organic frameworks (MOF) and demonstrated their potential. Thanks to the laureates’ work, chemists have been able to design tens of thousands of different MOFs, facilitating new chemical wonders. As so often in the sciences, the story of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 begins with someone who thought outside the box. This time, inspiration came during preparations for a classic chemistry lesson, in which ...