Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025


Awarded to:



  1. Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University, Japan)

  2. Richard Robson (University of Melbourne, Australia)

  3. Omar M. Yaghi (University of California, USA)


Awarded by: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences


Contribution / Discovery:



  1. For the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

  2. They created large, porous molecular structures that can allow gases and other chemicals to flow through.


Significance / Applications: MOFs can be used to:



  1. Collect water from desert air

  2. Absorb carbon dioxide

  3. Store toxic gases

  4. Catalyze chemical reactions


Indian Context: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for contributions in understanding ribosome function.