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Nobel Prize Honors Pioneers of Metal-Organic Frameworks

10/10/2025

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Nobel Winners Recognized

2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
MOFs enable gas flow and chemical reactions.
The Nobel Committee chair, Heiner Linke, notes MOFs' potential for custom materials.
Work dates to 1989; Robson's idea evolved through Kitagawa and Yaghi.
The prize totals 11 million Swedish kronor, to be shared equally.

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Chemistry Nobel Awarded

2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
MOFs are porous materials with large cavities enabling gas storage, carbon capture, and water harvesting.
Robson's 1989 concept linked copper ions with organic linkers, yielding early unstable frameworks.
Over 100,000 MOFs exist, with potential in environmental remediation and drug delivery.

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Nobel Winners Recognized

2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
MOFs enable gas flow and chemical reactions.
The Nobel Committee chair, Heiner Linke, notes MOFs' potential for custom materials.
Work dates to 1989; Robson's idea evolved through Kitagawa and Yaghi.
The prize totals 11 million Swedish kronor, to be shared equally.

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