金屬有機框架獲得2025年諾貝爾化學獎

2025年諾貝爾化學獎得主

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北京時間10月8日下午5點45分，瑞典皇家科學院宣布將2025年諾貝爾化學獎授予：

Susumu Kitagawa

Richard Robson

Omar M. Yaghi

獲獎理由

2025年諾貝爾化學獎授予“關于金屬-有機框架的開發”（for the development ofmetal-organic frameworks）。

開發金屬有機框架材料

NOBEL PRIZE

Their molecular architecture contains rooms for chemistry

The Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry 2025 have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow. These constructions,metal-organic frameworks, can be used to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions.

2025年諾貝爾化學獎得主們創造了一種擁有巨大空間的分子結構，氣體及其他化學物質可以在其中穿梭往來。這種名為“金屬-有機框架”（MOFs）的結構，用途廣泛，可用于從沙漠空氣中收集水分、捕獲二氧化碳、儲存有毒氣體或催化化學反應。

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025. They have developed a new form of molecular architecture. In their constructions, metal ions function as cornerstones that are linked by long organic (carbon-based) molecules. Together, the metal ions and molecules are organised to form crystals that contain large cavities. These porous materials are called metal-organic frameworks (MOF). By varying the building blocks used in the MOFs, chemists can design them to capture and store specific substances. MOFs can also drive chemical reactions or conduct electricity.

“Metal-organic frameworks have enormous potential, bringing previously unforeseen opportunities for custom-made materials with new functions,” says Heiner Linke, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

It all started in 1989, when Richard Robson tested utilising the inherent properties of atoms in a new way. He combined positively charged copper ions with a four-armed molecule; this had a chemical group that was attracted to copper ions at the end of each arm.

When they were combined, they bonded to form a well-ordered, spacious crystal. It was like a diamond filled with innumerable cavities.

Robson immediately recognised the potential of his molecular construction, but it was unstable and collapsed easily. However, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi provided this building method with a firm foundation; between 1992 and 2003 they made, separately, a series of revolutionary discoveries. Kitagawa showed that gases can flow in and out of the constructions and predicted that MOFs could be made flexible. Yaghi created a very stable MOF and showed that it can be modified using rational design, giving it new and desirable properties.

Following the laureates’ groundbreaking discoveries, chemists have built tens of thousands of different MOFs. Some of these may contribute to solving some of humankind’s greatest challenges, with applications that include separating PFAS from water, breaking down traces of pharmaceuticals in the environment, capturing carbon dioxide or harvesting water from desert air.

獲獎人詳細信息

NOBEL PRIZE

Susumu Kitagawa, 1951年出生于日本，1979年獲得日本京都大學博士學位，現任京都大學綜合細胞材料科學研究所 (iCeMS) 的杰出教授。

Richard Robson, 1937年出生于英國西約克郡的格盧斯本。1962年獲得牛津大學博士學位。現任墨爾本大學擔任化學講師。

Omar M. Yaghi，1965年出生。1990年獲得美國伊利諾伊大學香檳分校博士學位。現任美國加州大學教授。

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