Nobel crowns metal organic frameworks

Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for metal-organic frameworks, porous materials that capture gases and water; practical use remains unproven.

Le Monde

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry rewards the discovery of molecules capable of trapping gases or liquids

The Englishman Richard Robson, the Japanese Susumu Kitagawa, and the Jordanian Omar M. Yaghi were awarded on Wednesday for creating a new family of molecules of remarkable diversity with numerous applications.

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NRC

Nobel Prize winners created large spaces to trap molecules

Three chemists win a Nobel Prize for 'a new kind of molecular architecture': metal-organic frameworks.

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Dagens Nyheter

Jörn Spolander: The chemists have developed a material that could have nearly magical properties

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate has developed a material that could have almost magical properties. The challenge will be to use it wisely.

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Tages-Anzeiger

Chemistry Nobel Prize for three materials researchers: Large space in small molecules

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi receive the award for the development of metal-organic frameworks.

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