Chemistry Nobel Award Recognizes Three Scientists for Innovative Work on Framework Materials
This year's prestigious award in the field of chemistry has been awarded to three distinguished scientists for their seminal work on metal-organic frameworks.
Their investigations may help solve numerous pressing worldwide problems, including trapping greenhouse gases to combat environmental shifts or curbing synthetic debris through innovative chemistry.
“I feel tremendously honored and overjoyed, many thanks,” remarked Professor Kitagawa via a telephone conversation with the news conference following receiving the decision.
“How much time must I spend here? I need to leave for a scheduled meeting,” he added.
These 3 laureates receive monetary reward totaling SEK 11 million (equivalent to £872,000).
Structural Design at the Core of the Achievement
Their scientists' research focuses on how molecules are built in unison into complex structures. The Nobel committee termed it “molecular architecture”.
These professors formulated approaches to build frameworks with large voids between the molecules, enabling different compounds to pass through them.
Such compounds are known as MOFs.
This declaration was delivered by the academic institution during a media briefing in Stockholm.
Susumu Kitagawa is based at the University of Kyoto in Japan, Professor Richard Robson works for the University of Melbourne in Australia, and Professor Omar M. Yaghi is at the California University in the USA.
Previous Award Winners in Scientific Categories
Last year, Demis Hassabis, John Jumper, and David Baker were granted the honor for their studies on biological molecules, which are essential elements of biological systems.
This is the 3rd scientific prize given recently. Previously, three physicists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research on subatomic physics that paved the way for the development of the quantum processor.
On Monday, three scientists work on how the body's defenses attacks pathogens earned them the award for medical science.
One winner, Dr. Ramsdell, did not receive the news for a full day because he was on an off-grid trek.
