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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Metal-organic frameworks, molecular sponges for gas storage and more

By Andy Brunning October 8, 2025
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Infographic on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for the development of metal-organic frameworks. The infographic explains that metal-organic frameworks are molecular sponges built up from metal ions and organic compounds that act as linkers. Small molecules such as gases can move into and out of cavities in these frameworks. The graphic highlights some of the MOFs the laureates have developed and concludes by looking at possiible future uses of MOFs, including gas storage and extracting water from air.
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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for the development of metal-organic frameworks.

To read about the science behind the prize in more detail, check out the Nobel Prize press release here, the popular science background here, or the more detailed scientific background here.

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