A. Graphene-based superconductors
B. Artificial enzymes for CO₂ removal
C. Designing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for gas capture & storage
D. Nanorobots in drug delivery
The 2025 Chemistry Nobel went to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for their work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
MOFs are materials built with metal ions connected by organic linkers, forming porous “rooms” or cages in their structure. These pores allow gases and chemicals to move through, be stored, captured, or catalyzed.
Why is that useful? Because MOFs can harvest water from desert air, capture CO₂ to fight climate change, store toxic gases for safety, or play roles in catalysis for chemical reactions.
With MOFs, chemists gain a powerful tool in environmental solutions, energy, purification, and materials science.