{"id":3216,"date":"2026-04-11T05:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T05:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-chemistry\/?p=3216"},"modified":"2026-04-11T06:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:06:57","slug":"2025-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-advances-in-metal-organic-frameworks-mofs-and-their-future-applications-for-sustainable-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-chemistry\/2025-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-advances-in-metal-organic-frameworks-mofs-and-their-future-applications-for-sustainable-development\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Advances in Metal\u2013Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and their future Applications for sustainable development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was jointly awarded to three renowned scientists\u2014Professor Susumu Kitagawa, Professor Richard Robson, and Professor Omar M. Yaghi\u2014for their revolutionary work in the development of metal\u2013organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs are highly porous crystalline materials formed by linking metal ions with organic molecules. These structures possess extremely large internal surface areas and tunable properties. These materials can store, trap, and separate gases. Some important practical applications of MOFs include carbon capture and climate change mitigation, water purification, pollutant removal, hydrogen storage for clean energy solutions, catalysis, sensing, and harvesting drinking water from air in desert. Thus, MOFs have a huge impact on present science and society. The research work of these scientists has revolutionized materials chemistry to design innovative devices that can be employed to solve many real-life problems. MOFs are recently considered one of the most promising materials of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century due to their potential applications in minimizing environmental pollution and achieving sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prof. Susumu Kitagawa Research area<\/strong>: Coordination chemistry, organic\u2013inorganic hybrid materials, and porous coordination polymers (MOFs). He is especially known for demonstrating gas adsorption and functional properties of porous coordination polymers (early MOFs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prof. Richard Robson Research area<\/strong>: Coordination polymers, crystal engineering using transition metals, and early design of MOF-like architectures. He is considered a pioneer who initiated the structural design concept (1989), rather than working on \u201cmodern MOFs\u201d in the same way as Yaghi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professor Omar M. Yaghi Research area<\/strong>: Metal\u2013organic frameworks (MOFs) and reticular chemistry (field founder). He formalized and named \u201creticular chemistry\u201d, which is the design principle behind MOFs&#8230; By Dr Subhasish Roy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/04\/2025-Nobel-Prize-in-Chemistry.jpg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/04\/2025-Nobel-Prize-in-Chemistry.jpg.jpeg 731w, https:\/\/wp.dbuniversity.ac.in\/dept-of-chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/04\/2025-Nobel-Prize-in-Chemistry.jpg-300x92.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was jointly awarded to three renowned scientists\u2014Professor Susumu Kitagawa, Professor Richard Robson, and Professor Omar M. Yaghi\u2014for their revolutionary work in the development of metal\u2013organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs are highly porous crystalline materials formed by linking metal ions with organic molecules. 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