According to the report of Mehr news agency, citing the promotion and communication headquarters of Mustafa Foundation.p)Professor Omar Yaghi 10 years ago, i.e. in 2015, at the same time as the first Mustafa Prize was held (p) He was awarded the award for his outstanding work in the developme of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a new class of materials with broad poteial for energy, environmeal and health applications. Now, a decade later, the world honored him again, this time as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
professor an outlaw In an exclusive ierview with Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation (p)which was made after the announceme of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, expresses his views on research, travel to the world of scieific discoveries, philosophy of science along with recommendations for the next generation of scieists.
Experience and testing; Initiator of discovery
professor an outlaw in start This dialogue stated: When you allow nature to reveal its secrets to you with the weapon of great effort, keen observation and the acquisition of real knowledge, you will find what we call failure. in fact Steps to success. Most people will say it won’t work, but you (as young scieists) have to tell yourself that Finally It leads to success.
He coinued: experimeing and learning by experience is a way to discovery exploration It can change the world.
This is the award of Mustafa (pbuh) with emphasis on the age Persistence as the main key to success said: if between doing to give or not giving Testing and to experience or not to You have a choice, definitely try and experience do.
Instructors and early lessons that an outlaw took
an outlaw Regarding the influeial figures on the formation of his scieific personality, he talks about two people who deeply shaped his scieific personality.
He said: My father taught me to do everything well and perfectly and there is no other way. This has shaped my work ethic. Professor Walter Klempererthesis guide Ph.D I also taught me how to be a scieist hard worker to be Both taught me not to follow others; To find new directions in research, to follow differe thoughts and the unknown.
Defining a new era of materials
when from an outlaw about the future The science of materials is asked, he takes a look at the past of human civilization and says: each of evenings historical based onmaterials It is named after mankind in that era mastery has been found Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Silicon Age. So every time we could make a material better and more accurate corol, we have been able to serve humanity more and better.
This winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry coinued: With the developme of metal-organic frameworks, we have reached the final level of material design, which includes precision at the atomic and molecular scale.
Overcoming doubts and the challenge of discovery
Yaghi states that the most difficult part of his work in science was not learning chemistry itself, but the doubts of people that he encouered at differe stages.
He said: Chemistry was enjoyable. The real challenge was the people who said: This can’t be done. I learned that even if 95% of people don’t support you, 5% always do, and you need that belief to build the best.
education; From cookbooks to quests
In this ierview, the professor of Berkeley University, while referring to the issue of education, called for a change in the process of formal education from strict education to freedom and creativity.
Mustafa (pbuh) award winner said: During my childhood and adolescence, I had opportunities to explore and search. This freedom to me self confidence He gave me to try new things.
He said: Our educational systems should encourage studes to deal with chaos and unexpected results. Most of our tutorials are cookbook style. But studes should learn to search and solve problems and unexpected things And welcome the lack of certaiy.
His advice for young researchers is simple; But it is deep and says: if you can experime or experime, do it. Don’t just do what you know will work, take risks, with risk comes true discovery, not just about nature, but about yourself.
Discovery of the chemistry of organic metal frameworks
an outlaw In response to the question, what makes metal-organic frameworks so attractive? They are made of very common materials – minerals and carbonaceous compounds – he explains. This material to me connect to create completely new materials with massive ierior space.
He emphasized: these substances have enough surface space to cover an eire football field in a size of only one gram and smaller than a sugar cube. For this reason They are useful and powerful for gas storage, catalysts and many other applications.
This winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry said: The main key in designing this Material Accuracy is; We can custom design the frameworks and porosity in these materials for specific needs.
When metal-organic materials are combined with artificial ielligence
Yaghi believes: We are at the beginning of the developme of metal-organic frameworks and we have barely managed to discover the tip of this iceberg. Couless substances have yet to be discovered. Imagine designing materials that have the properties of DNA, with sequences of information each encoded for specific properties.
In further explanation, he said: Then these materials with artificial ielligence; That is, to combine guided network chemistry with artificial ielligence, and in this case, the possibilities of making materials will be endless.
basic research; Engine off progress
an outlaw Regarding research, he said: Research is more than a job and like a shelter for scieists. research to do Like running away from world and taking shelter below the shadow is research; An opportunity to expand to give The edges of knowledge.
He coinued: The surrounding community of scieists may not always appreciate the value of basic research in the first momes and years, but when we solve the basic problems, it will bring couless benefits. hand we find Researchers should be given sufficie permission and opportunity to freely explore ideas.
A rogue was how to be remembered?
He answered this question how He likes to be remembered, he said: For me, satisfaction from this knowledge arises that type I have iroduced a new chemistry. The kind that not only advances basic science, but also solves the biggest challenges in humanity’s life today, such as water and carbon sequestration. It is deeply satisfying to see this chemistry develop for the benefit of society.
Mustafa (pbuh) award and a message for the scieific community
At the end of this conversation, he expressed his views about his relationship with the Mustafa (PBUH) award and said: This award was one of the first awards I received and in this way I showed the world that I have accomplished something remarkable.
The Nobel Prize winner added: For this reason I encourage everyone to nominate worthy scieists with valuable achievemes and works for the next round of the Mustafa Award.p) Iroduce as a candidate. I have followed the process of actions and activities of this award in the last decade and I have seen how It has grown and grown and will be more promine in the future as a prestigious award.
He added: He appreciates the efforts of scieists to coinue learning with educational, scieific communication and promoting science around the world for the betterme of humanity.
