{"id":347813,"date":"2025-10-11T17:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T12:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=347813"},"modified":"2025-10-11T17:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T12:16:05","slug":"nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi.<\/p>\n<h2>About Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 356px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.indianexpress.com\/2025\/10\/chem-nobel-1600_e1d8a8.jpg?resize=356%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2025\" width=\"356\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: IE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Winners: <\/strong>The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to <strong>Susumu Kitagawa<\/strong>, <strong>Richard Robson<\/strong>, and <strong>Omar Yaghi<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awarded For: <\/strong>Their pioneering work in developing <strong>Metal\u2013Organic Frameworks (MOFs)<\/strong> which is a new <strong>class of materials with large, structured empty spaces<\/strong> within their molecular framework.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Core Innovation: <\/strong>MOFs are formed by linking <strong>metal atoms<\/strong> with <strong>carbon-containing molecules<\/strong>, creating porous structures capable of storing, capturing, or filtering other substances.\n<ul>\n<li>Unlike most materials where atoms are tightly packed, MOFs have <strong>highly ordered empty spaces<\/strong>, functioning<strong> like molecular sponges<\/strong> that can hold, and release substances as needed.<\/li>\n<li>The difference between normal compounds and MOFs is like a <strong>solid brick building vs. one with beams and pillars<\/strong> \u2014 MOFs have vast open molecular spaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Historical Development:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1318\"><strong data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1215\">Richard Robson<\/strong> first conceptualized linking metal atoms with molecules in the 1970s at the University of Melbourne.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1400\"><strong data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1343\">Susumu Kitagawa<\/strong> further refined and demonstrated their practical uses.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1534\"><strong data-start=\"1406\" data-end=\"1420\">Omar Yaghi<\/strong> advanced the field by creating stable, functional MOFs and formalizing the discipline of <strong data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1533\" data-is-only-node=\"\">reticular chemistry<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applications: <\/strong>MOFs are used for <strong>water harvesting<\/strong> from desert air, <strong>carbon dioxide capture<\/strong>, <strong>toxic gas storage<\/strong>, and <strong>chemical separation processes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scientific Importance: <\/strong>Their discovery has enabled chemists to design <strong>tens of thousands of MOFs<\/strong>, each customizable for specific industrial, environmental, and energy applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi. About Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 Winners: The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi. Awarded For: Their pioneering work in developing Metal\u2013Organic Frameworks (MOFs) which is a new class&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039,7965,11210],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-347813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-personalities-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}