Search results for metal organic framework

Materials Science Oct 9, 2025

An Australian chemist just won the Nobel Prize. Here's how his work is changing the world

The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal–organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large spaces within them, capable of capturing and storing gases and other chemicals.

Materials Science Oct 9, 2025

Q&A: Exploring metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with chemist

This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three researchers, including University at Albany alum Omar Yaghi, for their work on developing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)—versatile molecular materials that can be ...

Materials Science Oct 9, 2025

Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning, tiny 'sponge crystals' with an astonishing amount of inner space

The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi on Oct. 8, 2025, for the development of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, which are tunable crystal structures with extremely ...

Materials Science Oct 8, 2025

'Solids full of holes': Nobel-winning materials explained

The chemistry Nobel was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists who discovered a revolutionary way of making materials full of tiny holes that can do everything from sucking water out of the desert air to capturing climate-warming ...

Materials Science Oct 8, 2025

Nobel chemistry prize awarded for crystal materials that could revolutionize green technology

Three scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry for discovering a new form of molecular architecture: crystals that contain large cavities.

Other Oct 8, 2025

From refugee to Nobel: Yaghi hails science's 'equalizing force'

Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi was born to Palestinian refugees in Jordan, a quiet, studious child in a "large, rowdy family" that shared a single room with cattle they raised.

Materials Science Oct 8, 2025

Three scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of metal-organic frameworks

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside, laying the groundwork to potentially suck greenhouse gases out of ...

Other Oct 8, 2025

Energy storage and new materials eyed for chemistry Nobel

The development of new compounds and novel ways of storing energy are some of the research fields commentators say could be contenders for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced Wednesday.

Analytical Chemistry Oct 7, 2025

Uncovering diverse water adsorption characteristics in metal–organic frameworks

To combat water scarcity, producing water from unconventional sources is strategically important. One promising approach is atmospheric water harvesting, a technology proposed in recent years to extract water directly from ...

Biochemistry Oct 6, 2025

Unlocking the structural analysis of alkaloids with a new metal-organic framework

A new metal-organic framework (MOF), APF-80, enables the crystalline sponge method to capture and analyze nucleophilic compounds. Alkaloids, a diverse group of biologically active compounds, usually damage MOF crystals and ...

page 7 from 40