{"id":56444,"date":"2025-10-09T21:24:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=56444"},"modified":"2025-10-11T11:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T06:17:19","slug":"nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/09-10-2025\/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2025","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Science and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi<\/strong> are awarded the <strong>Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was awarded for discovering and creating a class of materials, called <strong>metal-organic frameworks (MOF).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Metal Organic Frameworks: <\/strong>MOFs are <strong>crystalline structures<\/strong> in which metal ions serve as<strong> nodes and organic molecules as connectors.&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The resulting structure can have<strong> enormous internal surface areas<\/strong> \u2014 thousands of square metres per gram \u2014 and their pores can be <strong>customised to attract or hold specific molecules.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e9e5e3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nobel-Prize-in-Chemistry-2025-1024x665.webp\" alt=\"Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-56458\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e9e5e3; width:353px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nobel-Prize-in-Chemistry-2025-1024x665.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nobel-Prize-in-Chemistry-2025-300x195.webp 300w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nobel-Prize-in-Chemistry-2025-768x498.webp 768w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nobel-Prize-in-Chemistry-2025-1536x997.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nobel-Prize-in-Chemistry-2025.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>MOFs form a three-dimensional network with large, porous cavities; <\/strong>this design allows gases and liquids to flow through, making MOFs highly adaptable for various applications.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By carefully choosing the building blocks, researchers can control the size and <strong>shape of the cavities and the chemical environment within.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As a result, MOFs are among the<strong> most versatile materials ever created.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The unique properties of MOFs have led to their application in various fields:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Water harvesting:<\/strong> MOFs can extract water from dry air, offering a potential solution for water-scarce regions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pollutant Removal:<\/strong> They can filter out harmful substances like PFAS from water, addressing environmental contamination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Carbon capture: <\/strong>MOFs are effective in capturing carbon dioxide, aiding in efforts to mitigate climate change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hydrogen storage:<\/strong> Their porous nature allows for the safe storage of hydrogen, crucial for clean energy applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/chemistry-nobel-prize-2025\/article70138556.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>About<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">It was awarded for discovering and creating a class of materials, called metal-organic frameworks (MOF).<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Metal Organic Frameworks: MOFs are crystalline structures in which metal ions serve as nodes and organic molecules as connectors.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/09-10-2025\/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2025\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56460,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56444\/revisions\/56460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}