Sydney, Oct 9 (The Conversation) 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.
The prize is shared by Susumu Kitagawa from Kyoto University, Omar M Yaghi from the University of California, Berkeley, and an Australian professor – Richard Robson from the University of Melbourne.
Robson first discovered the metal–organic frameworks, known as MOFs for short, in 1989, with his close collaborator Bernard Hoskins.
At a time when the value of research is being questioned, Robson’s story is a powerful reminder of how scientific research leads to real-world impact after years of sustained effort and support.
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