Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 Honors Advances in Molecular Construction

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025. The laureates have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow. These constructions, known as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), can be used to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions.

Richard Robson is a professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia, Susumu Kitagawa teaches at Kyoto University in Japan, and Omar M. Yaghi is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

The experiments the trio conducted in the 1980s laid the foundation for the development of thousands of additional metal–organic structures. Their discoveries have transformed materials chemistry, enabling scientists to design porous materials with atomic-level precision.

Our heartfelt congratulations go to Professors Kitagawa, Robson, and Yaghi on this remarkable achievement!

For more information, read the Nobel Committee’s press release.

At MDPI, we are proud to have been entrusted with publishing the work of several of this year’s Nobel laureates.

Professor Omar Yaghi has published research in the MDPI journal Molecules, together with two colleagues from the University of California, Berkeley:

Article published with MDPI

Authors: Christian S. Diercks, Markus J. Kalmutzki and Omar M. Yaghi
Covalent Organic Frameworks—Organic Chemistry Beyond the Molecule
Molecules 2017, 22(9), 1575