The trio were awarded for their pioneering work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), crystalline structures with exceptionally high surface areas that enable efficient gas storage and separation.
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for their pioneering work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), crystalline structures with exceptionally high surface areas that enable efficient gas storage and separation.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #Nelbrowtings in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” pic.twitter.com/IRrV57ObD6– The Nobel Prize (@nobelprze) October 8, 2025
Kitagawa developed flexible porous hybrids in the 1980s, Robson laid the groundwork for three-dimensional coordination polymers, and Yaghi systematised reticular chemistry in the 1990s, producing more than 100,000 MOF variants for applications ranging from carbon dioxide capture to drug delivery.
