Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi will share the 11 million-krona ($1.2 million) award, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm said in a statement Wednesday. (Source: The Nobel Prize Official X Account) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed
Three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of metal-organic frameworks.”
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi will share the 11 million-krona ($1.2 million) award, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm said in a statement Wednesday.
The laureates created molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow, the Committee said. “These constructions, metal-organic frameworks, can be used to harvest w