2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Metal Organic Frameworks Visualized in Virtual Reality

0:00 - Nobel Prize Winners Announced
1:38 - MOF Basics: 3D Molecular Cages
4:32 - Why MOFs Will Change Chemistry
6:33 - Virtual Reality MOF Visualization
12:30 - Tuning MOFs for Different Applications

Inside the 2025 Nobel Prize Structures: MOFs Explained in VR
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was just awarded to Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University), Richard Robson (University of Melbourne), and Omar Yaghi (UC Berkeley) for their groundbreaking work on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). In this video, we dive into virtual reality to explore these incredible molecular structures up close.

🔬 What are MOFs?
Metal-organic frameworks are highly porous 3D structures made by linking metal ions with organic molecules. Think of them as molecular cages with surface areas so vast that one gram can cover two football fields. These materials are revolutionizing carbon capture, water harvesting, gas storage, and catalysis.

🎯 What You'll See:
Multiple MOF structures visualized in Nanome VR
Size comparisons: 35Å vs 58Å cavities
Different symmetries and pore geometries
Van der Waals surface representations
Real-time measurements at the nanoscale

💡 Why This Matters:
With over 100,000 MOF structures already synthesized and commercial applications emerging (Svante's carbon capture, NuMat's gas storage), this field is just getting started. Professor Kitagawa believes MOFs will revolutionize organic chemistry, cluster chemistry, and crystallography.
🔗 Resources:

Northwestern MOF Database: mof.tech.northwestern.edu
Structures visualized using Nanome V2 with MARA
CIF files processed with Nanome V1 and VESTA

Perfect for chemists, materials scientists, students, or anyone curious about Nobel Prize-winning science!
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