Metal-organic frameworks and reticular chemistry
Estructuras metal-orgánicas (MOF) y química reticular
- Date
- 1995-1999 · confidence high
- Place
- Arizona State University and University of Michigan (Yaghi); Kyoto (Kitagawa); Melbourne (Robson)
- Credited to
- Omar Yaghi (MOF-5, 1999), Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson
- People
- 👤 Omar M. Yaghi1965–👤 Richard Robson1937–👤 Susumu Kitagawa1951–
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
Metal ions linked by organic ligands form porous crystalline networks with record surface areas and designable porosity. Reticular chemistry allows 'made-to-order' materials to be built.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 (Kitagawa, Robson and Yaghi).
What it led to
- CO2 and hydrogen capture
- Water harvesting from air
- Gas catalysis and separation
- COFs (covalent organic frameworks)
Built on
- Supramolecular chemistry: crown ethers, cryptands, host-guest chemistry1967-1978
- Werner's coordination chemistry
- zeolites
Made possible
- gas adsorbents
- atmospheric water harvesting devices