Chemistry Nobel Prize: Read Award-Winning Research on Metal-Organic Frameworks

Congratulations to the Nobel Laureates, Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi View in Browser SUBMIT AN ARTICLE MANAGE MY ALERTS OUR JOURNALS Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: Celebrating the Pioneers of Metal-Organic Frameworks The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry celebrates a transformative journey in materials science, recognizing the work of Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for their foundational contributions to "the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)." Robson's early work in 1989 introduced the concept of using metal ions and organic linkers to build spacious crystalline networks. Yaghi advanced this vision by establishing the principles of reticular chemistry, enabling the design of robust, porous MOFs with unprecedented structural diversity and functionality. Kitagawa's research revealed the dynamic nature of these frameworks, showing how they can adapt and respond to guest molecules—an insight that opened new avenues in gas separation, sensing, and catalysis. Find More Nobel 2025 Resources Catch up and read all about the 2025 Nobel Prize winners and their incredible work on AIP's resources page. MOFs are now at the forefront of innovation in carbon capture, clean energy, drug delivery, and environmental remediation, with over 100,000 structures synthesized and studied. We are proud to recognize Omar M. Yaghi, a member of the APL Materials Editorial Advisory Board, whose visionary work continues to shape the future of molecular design and application. At AIP Publishing, we are honored to have published the work of Nobel laureates and serve as a home for leading research into materials chemistry and metal-organic frameworks. To mark this announcement and support continued exploration in this field, we have curated a collection of seminal articles from our chemical physics and materials science portfolios—including several papers by Susumu Kitagawa in APL Materials and AIP Conference Proceedings, along with further topical reading in Applied Physics Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics. Scroll down to explore the featured papers—freely available to read for a limited time. Congratulations once again to all this week's Nobel laureates. We look forward to publishing the next wave of groundbreaking research in MOFs and beyond. FEATURED ARTICLES  Discover fascinating research by Susumu Kitagawa and read all about metal-organic frameworks. SELECTED PAPERS BY SUSUMU KITAGAWA The RIKEN Materials Science Beamline at SPring‐8: Towards Visualization of Electrostatic Interaction Kenichi Kato, Raita Hirose, Michitaka Takemoto, Sunyeo Ha, et al. READ MORE > Pressure-induced amorphization of a dense coordination polymer and its impact on proton conductivity Daiki Umeyama, Satoshi Horike, Cedric Tassel, Hiroshi Kageyama, et al. READ MORE > Editorial from the Special Topic on Open Framework Materials for Energy Applications,  Guest Edited by Susumu Kitagawa: Open framework materials for energy applications Dan Zhao, Anthony Cheetham, Shuhei Furukawa, Susumu Kitagawa, et al. READ MORE > SELECTED PAPERS ON METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS Metal-organic frameworks as promising candidates for future ultralow-k dielectrics K. Zagorodniy, G. Seifert, H. Hermann READ MORE > Metal–organic framework thin films with well-controlled growth directions confirmed by x-ray study Kazuya Otsubo, Hiroshi Kitagawa READ MORE > Porous, rigid metal(III)-carboxylate metal-organic frameworks for the delivery of nitric oxide Jarrod F. Eubank, Paul S. Wheatley, Gaëlle Lebars, Alistair C. McKinlay, et al. READ MORE > Experimental and theoretical investigations of the electronic band structure of metal-organic frameworks of HKUST-1 type Zhi-Gang Gu, Lars Heinke, Christof Wöll, Tobias Neumann, et al. READ MORE > First-principles Hubbard U approach for small molecule binding in metal-organic frameworks Gregory W. Mann, Kyuho Lee, Matteo Cococcioni, Berend Smit, et al. READ MORE > Read more research on metal-organic frameworks. For additional 2025 Nobel Prize coverage and resources, visit AIP's 2025 Nobel Prize page. Follow us on social media   Copyright © 2025 AIP Publishing. All rights reserved. 1305 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville, NY 11747 You are receiving this email because you have opted-in to receive alerts from us. To guarantee delivery of this email please add journals@aip-info.org to your address book and safe senders list. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us then please unsubscribe or amend your settings. Privacy Policy