Chemistry Nobel winners’ work likened to magic handbag from Harry Potter

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metalorganic frameworks - (University of California, Berkel)

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M Yaghi for their pioneering development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a revolutionary material with the potential to tackle some of the world’s most urgent problems.

These innovative structures, which one expert likened to Hermione Granger’s enchanted handbag from the Harry Potter series, possess an extraordinary capacity to absorb and contain gases.