Published Resources Details
Resource Section
- Title
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: Press release
- Imprint
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, 10 October 2025
- Url
- https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2025/press-release/
- Format
- HTML
- Contains
- Image; Film
- Description
Includes links to further information about the Laureates, the Prize Announcement, popular information and advanced information.
- Abstract
The Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry 2025 have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow. These constructions, metal-organic frameworks, can be used to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions.
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025. They have developed a new form of molecular architecture. In their constructions, metal ions function as cornerstones that are linked by long organic (carbon-based) molecules. Together, the metal ions and molecules are organised to form crystals that contain large cavities. These porous materials are called metal-organic frameworks (MOF). By varying the building blocks used in the MOFs, chemists can design them to capture and store specific substances. MOFs can also drive chemical reactions or conduct electricity.
