Nobel Prize

Omar M. Yaghi’s speech at the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2025 Your Majesties,Your Royal Highnesses,Excellences,Dear laureates,Ladies and gentlemen— On behalf of my co-laureates , , and myself, I thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation for this extraordinary honor. Tonight, we celebrate not only achievement but possibility—the power of human…

Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, 10 December 2025

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Olof RamströmLedamot av Kungliga VetenskapsakademienLedamot av Nobelkommittén för kemi Eders Majestäter. Eders Kungliga Högheter.Ärade Nobelpristagare. Bästa Kolleger.Mina Damer och Herrar. Reflektera ett ögonblick över betydelsen av hålrumsstrukturer. Porösa material som kan användas för en mängd olika ändamål och som kan inrymma mindre föremål i sina många hålrum. Hur kan man skapa dessa…

English Presented by Professor Olof RamströmMember of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesMember of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses,Esteemed Nobel Prize Laureates, Honourable Colleagues,Ladies and Gentlemen, Consider the importance of holey materials. Porous structures that can be used for a large variety of purposes while accommodating smaller entities inside their…

Artist: Johan SandellCalligrapher: Marie A. Györi and Marianne Pettersson SooldBook binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi ABPhoto reproduction: Dan Lepp© The Nobel Foundation 2025

Artist: Johan SandellCalligrapher: Marie A. Györi and Marianne Pettersson SooldBook binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi ABPhoto reproduction: Dan Lepp© The Nobel Foundation 2025

Artist: Johan SandellCalligrapher: Marie A. Györi and Marianne Pettersson SooldBook binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi ABPhoto reproduction: Dan Lepp© The Nobel Foundation 2025

What is a MOF? Did you know there are materials that can capture water from desert air?The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 recognises the development of materials with completely new features. The chemistry laureates have created porous metal–organic frameworks (abbreviated as MOFs). These have large cavities that other molecules can move in and out of. MOFs…

Metal-Organic Frameworks – From Molecules to Society Omar M. Yaghi delivered his Nobel Prize lecture on 8 December 2025 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Olof Ramström, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

The Usefulness of the Useless — How MOFs Transformed the Concept of Porous Matter Susumu Kitagawa delivered his Nobel Prize lecture on 8 December 2025 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Olof Ramström, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.