Chemistry Nobel Award Celebrates Three Experts for Groundbreaking Work on MOF Structures

The prestigious award in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for their influential research on porous materials.

Their investigations may help tackle numerous pressing planetary issues, for instance CO2 capture to combat environmental shifts or reducing synthetic debris through advanced chemistry.

“I feel tremendously honored and overjoyed, many thanks,” remarked Prof. Kitagawa via a phone call with the media event after hearing the news.

“What’s the duration I need to remain? I have an appointment to attend,” Professor Kitagawa noted.

These three winners are splitting monetary reward of 11 million Swedish kronor (equivalent to £872,000).

Framework Construction at the Center of their Breakthrough

Their scientists' studies focuses on how chemical compounds can be assembled collectively into intricate frameworks. The selection panel termed it “molecular architecture”.

These experts developed methods to construct assemblies with considerable spaces amid the components, permitting various substances to travel through them.

Such structures are called MOFs.

This declaration was presented by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in a news conference in Stockholm.

Susumu Kitagawa is affiliated with Kyoto University in the Asian nation, Prof. Robson is associated with the Melbourne University in the Australian continent, and Professor Omar M. Yaghi is connected to the UC in the US.

Recent Nobel Laureates in Science Categories

Last year, three other scientists were granted the prize for their studies on biological molecules, which are critical components of biological systems.

It is the third scientific award awarded in the current week. On Tuesday, John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their contributions on subatomic physics that enabled the development of the quantum computing system.

Earlier, three scientists studies on how the biological immunity attacks harmful microbes secured them the award for medicine.

A single winner, Fred Ramsdell, did not receive the notification for 20 hours because he was on an remote trek.