The three laureates worked to create molecular constructions, known as metal-organic frameworks or MOFs, with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow and that can be utilised to harvest water from desert air, capture carbon dioxide or store toxic gases.
“A small amount of such material can be almost like Hermione’s handbag in Harry Potter. It can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny volume,“ Olof Ramstrom, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, said.
The more than a century-old prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the winners share 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million), as well as the fame of winning arguably the world's most prestigious science award.
“My dream is to capture air and separate air to - for instance, in CO2 or oxygen or water or something - and convert this to useful materials using renewable energy,“ he said.
“I don’t see that as hype, that is an implementation of science, basic science, all the way to benefiting society,“ Yaghi told a press conference.
'Science is the greatest equalising force in the world'
Kitagawa is Japanese, Robson was born in Britain but moved to Australia in his late 20s, while Yaghi is Jordanian-American.
“It’s quite a journey and science allows you to do it,“ he said in an interview published on the Nobel website, adding that his parents could barely read or write. “Science is the greatest equalising force in the world,“ he said.
“The deeper you dig, the more beautifully you find things are constructed,“ he told the Nobel website.
“I prepared fish for dinner with my wife, and then I did the washing up afterwards,“ he told Reuters, adding that he had recently sworn off alcohol for health reasons.
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Established in the will of Swedish inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel, the prizes for achievements in science, literature and peace have been awarded since 1901, with a few interruptions mostly due to the world wars.
Sometimes overshadowed by more famous laureates in the fields of physics, literature and peace, the chemistry awards have still recognised many influential discoveries such as nuclear fission, DNA sequencing techniques, and yeast.
Last year's chemistry award went to U.S. scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hassabis for work on decoding the structure of proteins and creating new ones, yielding advances in areas such as drug development. ($1=9.3436 Swedish crowns - REUTERS
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