In the more than 100-year history of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, a total of 7 women have won the prize, fewer than 12 people in the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and more than 4 people in physics.

Nobel Prize lottery week was very lively. " Physiology or Medical Prize " was awarded to Genetics for the first time, and physics once again gave to quantum field. Who will win the most difficult chemistry prize in the field of natural sciences every year? Let's take a look at the popular candidates this year.

In the more than 100 years of history of Nobel Prize in Chemistry , a total of 7 women have won the prize, fewer than 12 people in Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , and more than 4 people in Physics.

This year's "Citation Award", the figure of famous Chinese scientist Bao Zhenan also put this female scientist on the list of popular shortlists for the Nobel Prize.

Professor Bao Zhenan is an international expert in the field of flexible electronics . He is currently the director of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University and a distinguished professor of K.K.Lee. foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician of the US National Academy of Engineering, academician of the US Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fellow of the National Society of Inventors.

Her research ranges including chemistry, materials science, energy, nanoelectronics and molecular electronics, organic and polymer semiconductor materials, sensing materials, organic semiconductor transistors, organic solar cells , electronic paper, artificial electronic skin.

Her research results provide important principles and technical support for the next generation of flexible electronic technology based on organic photoelectric materials. She pioneered the molecular design concept of organic electronic materials, making flexible electronic circuits and display devices possible. One of her most famous jobs is the research on artificial skin, which has shown great application prospects in medical equipment, energy storage and environmental applications.

This year's Nobel Prize "weather vane" - Wolf Prize (Wolf Prize) awards in the field of chemistry, and female scientists also appeared, awarded to Bonnie L. Bassler , , html Professor Bertozzi) , in recognition of their pioneering contributions in understanding the chemical principles of cell communication and inventing chemical methods to study the role of sugars, lipids and proteins in the process of cellular communication. Also winners are Professor Benjamin F. Cravatt III from Scripps Research in the United States.

It is worth mentioning that among them, , Bonnie L. Bassler, , professor of , was also on this year's "Citation Laurel Award" honor list. For the same reason, she "researched through group sensing - a system of chemical communication and coordination to regulate bacterial gene expression regulating" was , professor of microbiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine in the United States.

Another one has long been on the "fastlist" is an outstanding energy lecture professor at the University of California, Berkeley, director of the Caffley Energy Nanoscience Institute, and an academician of the National Academy of Sciences. nanomaterial scientist Yang Peidong . He is also an "old friend" of the World Top Scientists Forum . He won the 2015 US MacArthur Genius Award for "opening new horizons to cope with the challenge of global clean renewable energy through transformative progress in semiconductor nanowires and nanowires photonics.

Professor Yang Peidong was in the Second World Top Scientist Forum | Photo: The WLA Forum

Professor Yang Peidong has conducted pioneering research on semiconductor nanowires and atomic assembly, and is expected to be applied to a series of high-tech equipment, such as micro-light emitting diodes, lasers, to transistors, computer circuits, solar panels and biosensor .He adopts innovative synthesis and assembly processes in the research of semiconductor nanowires and heterostructures, and applies the research results to nanowire-based photoelectric, thermoelectric, solar conversion and nanofluids. From the development of the first nanowire laser to the current design of nanowire solar cell , the team led by Yang Peidong has made many major breakthroughs in the field of nanowire photonics research.

was awarded the 2014 "Citation Award" at the age of 43 because of his contribution to nanophotonics, including the development of the first nanowire laser. Professor David Julius, a scientist who won the "Citation Laurel Award" in the same year as him, won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

In 2020, Professor Yang Peidong was nominated for "unconventional energy" for "groundbreaking nanoparticle solar cells and artificial photosynthesis". He is the first Chinese to win the "Global Energy Award".

, Professor Bao Zhenan and Professor Yang Peidong, are in the field of materials, , Omar Yaghi, and , and Makoto Fujita, , have been very popular for many years for the development of porous metal-organic framework structures.

Professor Omar Yaki

Professor Yaki has attended the world's top scientists forum many times to share his scientific research results. He pioneered the reticulum chemistry—a completely new field of chemistry that involves sewing molecular structural units together through strong bonds to form an open frame. His most well-known work is the design and production of novel compounds, metal organic frames (MOFs), zeolite midazole frames (ZIFs) and covalent organic frames (COFs). These materials are very useful in the storage of hydrogen and methane , carbon capture and conversion, water acquisition from desert air, and catalysis. He called this field "reticular chemistry" and defined it as "splicing molecular building blocks into extended structures through strong bonds." He is also a pioneer in molecular weaving, synthesizing the world's first material to woven at the atom and molecular level (COF-505).

Energy has always been a global problem. Judging from the trend of Nobel Prize awards in recent years, the fields and achievements of awards and awards are increasingly closely connected with real problems, and chemical solutions in energy may be worthy of special attention.

In addition, the founder of "click chemistry" Barry Sharpless may "win the second prize"? It is also a question that everyone has repeatedly mentioned over the years.

In the 100-year history of the Nobel Prize, only three of them, including Madame Curie, , John Bardeen, and Frederick Sanger, have won the Science Award twice. Among them, Sanger was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1958 and 1980. In more than 40 years since then, no scientist has been able to "scort twice" at the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Among the scientists who have won the Nobel Prize today, American chemist Barry Sharplesshtml is considered to be the most likely to win the Nobel Prize again. After winning the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contribution to chiral catalytic oxidation reactions, Sharples has opened up a new field - click chemistry .

The concept of click chemistry has made great contributions to the field of chemical synthesis. Among many fields such as drug development and biomedical materials, has become one of the most useful and attractive synthesis concepts . This year, Sharples will also attend the 5th World Top Scientists Forum in Shanghai.

Barry Sharples | WLA Forum

On October 5, who is the winner of the last natural science award in 2022, wait for the results to be announced.