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.
Through the development of metal–organic frameworks, the laureates have provided chemists with new opportunities for solving some of the challenges we face.
Susumu Kitagawa
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
Born: 4 July 1951, Kyoto, Japan
Affiliation at the time of the award: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Prize motivation: “for the development of metal–organic frameworks”
Prize share: 1/3
Richard Robson
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
Born: 4 June 1937, Glusburn, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Prize motivation: “for the development of metal–organic frameworks”
Prize share: 1/3
Omar M. Yaghi
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
Born: 9 February 1965, Amman, Jordan
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Prize motivation: “for the development of metal–organic frameworks”
Prize share: 1/3
