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MOFs Are the Focus of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Undergraduate research student Matheus Pessoa received the award for Best Poster Presentation (Inorganic Chemistry) at the 37th ERSBQ-MG for the work entitled “UFMG-1 and UFMG-2: The First Novel BioMOFs Synthesized at UFMG.”

PhD student Bruno Dival received an Honorable Mention for his presentation at the 1st EBMOF with the work entitled “Synthesis and Characterization of Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, and Zn²⁺ Metal–Organic Frameworks with Large-Diameter Pores.”

The coordinator of MatCRYS, together with LabCri and GQPMAP, organized the First Brazilian Meeting on MOFs (I EBMOF) at UFMG. The organizing professors were Pedro Andrade (LabCri), Willian Xerxes (MatCRYS), Charlane Cimini (GQPMAP), and Carlos Basílio (LabCri).

IC-Jr student Juan Magno won an award at the 16th Junior Scientific Research Seminar for his work, "Synthesis and Characterization of an Extended Organic Ligand for Application in MOFs."