The Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to the metal-organic frame researchers: NPR

Stockholm – Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi share the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for their work in the development of metal -organic frameworks.

Hans Ellegren, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the price of Stockholm on Wednesday. It was the third prize announced this week.

The Nobel Committee said that the three winners “have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can circulate.”

“These constructions, metallic-organic frames, can be used to harvest water from the desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyze chemical reactions,” the Nobel Committee said in a press release.

Robson, 88, is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia, Kitagawa, 74, with the University of Japan Kyoto and Yaghi, 60, with the University of California in Berkeley.

The search for the trio dates back to 1989.

“Metal-organic frames have enormous potential, offering previously unexpected opportunities for tailor-made materials with new functions,” Heiner Linke, president of the Nobel Committee of Chemistry, in a press release.

116 chemistry prizes were awarded to 195 people between 1901 and 2024.

The prize for literature will come on Thursday, followed by the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and the economy prize on Monday.

The award ceremony will take place on December 10, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel in 1896, which founded the awards.