On 8 October 2025, Hans Ellegren, Secretary-General of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced that the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded to Japanese Chemist Susumu Kitagawa , Australian Chemist Richard Robson , and Jordanian-American chemist Omar Mwannes Yaghi , during a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

They were awarded for “developing Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs)”, porous materials used in gas storage, catalysis, and drug delivery.

The award ceremony will be held on 10 December 2025 in Stockholm, marking the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death.

About Discovery of Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs):

Definition: MOFs are crystalline materials composed of metal ions connected by organic linkers, forming a network with an exceptionally high surf

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