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They are fascinating materials: MOFs are crystalline solids that contain tiny pores throughout their crystal lattice. These pores allow them, for example, to trap gas molecules. This makes MOFs ideal storage solutions for gases such as hydrogen or CO2. 🧽 “To put it simply, a MOF is a highly efficient molecular sponge,” says Thomas J. Schmidt in an interview. He heads the PSI Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences and co-director of SCENE - Swiss Center of Excellence on Net Zero Emissions. 🧪 These so-called MOFs don’t occur naturally; they’re grown in the lab. By carefully selecting their components, researchers have developed countless MOF variants, each with its own unique properties and potential applications. 🏅In the fall of 2025, the original discovery of these extraordinary materials was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In this interview, Schmidt explains how his team at PSI is further developing these materials, which could store greenhouse gases and contribute to the production of synthetic fuels. Read the full interview: https://lnkd.in/egWHhXzV Watch the video on the Joint Initiative SCENE (Swiss Center of Excellence on Net-Zero Emissions): https://lnkd.in/e4wHHjs4 CC: Marco Ranocchiari, Emiliana Fabbri, Julia L., Vitaly Sushkevich, Jeroen Van Bokhoven, Empa, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Eawag, EPFL, ETH Zurich #ResearchAtPSI #MOFs #Climate #EnergyTransition #MaterialsResearch #NobelPrize