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Metal–organic frameworks (Nobel 2025)

Susumu KitagawaRichard RobsonOmar M. Yaghi

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Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystals built from metal ions linked by organic molecules, with very large empty volumes inside. The internal surface area of one gram of MOF can approach that of a football pitch. They are being developed for uses such as harvesting water and carbon dioxide from the air. They were the subject of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Robson (1989) built a diamond-like coordination network from copper ions and a four-armed nitrile. Kitagawa developed flexible porous frameworks that take up and release gases. Yaghi's MOF-5 (1999) remained stable after solvent removal and had a surface area of about 2,900 m²/g. "Reticular chemistry" means synthesising pre-designed network structures from linker and node geometry.

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MOF-5 kept its structure after solvent removal and heating to 300 °C, showing permanent porosity.[2]

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A diamond-like three-dimensional network with large cavities was crystallised from copper and a tetranitrile linker.[1]

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Sources

  1. ArticleHoskins, B. F.; Robson, R. (1989). Infinite polymeric frameworks consisting of three dimensionally linked rod-like segments. Journal of the American Chemical Society 111, 5962–5964DOI 10.1021/ja00197a079archive
  2. ArticleLi, H.; Eddaoudi, M.; O'Keeffe, M.; Yaghi, O. M. (1999). Design and synthesis of an exceptionally stable and highly porous metal-organic framework. Nature 402, 276–279DOI 10.1038/46248archive
  3. Web (2025). The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 (press release). NobelPrize.orgnobelprize.orgarchive

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Athena contributors. (2026). Metal–organic frameworks (Nobel 2025). Athena: The tree of human knowledge. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://latifkedi.github.io/athena/en/d/mof/

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@misc{athena_mof,
  title        = {Metal–organic frameworks (Nobel 2025)},
  author       = {{Athena contributors}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://latifkedi.github.io/athena/en/d/mof/}},
  note         = {Athena: The tree of human knowledge. Accessed: 2026-11-01}
}

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