Versatile, porous materials with vast internal surface areas revolutionizing chemistry and various industries.
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Architects of a New Kind of Molecular Structure Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Metal-organic frameworks can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny space—enabling advances that could help humans fight climate change and tackle other challenges ...
The scientists developed structures that can be used to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide or store toxic gases.
The chemists worked separately but added to each other’s breakthroughs over decades, beginning with Robson’s work in the 1980s.
Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing “metal-organic frameworks,” versatile molecular cages that can trap contaminants, store energy and ...
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi’s work has led to structures that can extract pollutants from water, capture carbon dioxide and store hydrogen.
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Kitagawa, Robson and Yaghi win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for inventing structures to extract water from desert air
They developed a new form of molecular architecture with large spaces through which gases and other chemical substances can flow . The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 has been awarded to the Japanese ...
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