Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: A New Chemical Architecture
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 honours three scientists who have developed a new form of molecular architecture characterized by large cavities. These molecules can encapsulate important substances – from carbon dioxide to pharmaceuticals – enabling a wealth of different real-world applications.
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”. Sounds a bit dry? Turns out these porous materials are incredibly useful in the most practical ways. Building on the Laureates’ work, chemists have by now constructed tens of thousands of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that do everything from capturing carbon dioxide, to delivering pharmaceuticals in the body, or providing space for enzymes that break down antibiotics in the environment.