3 Editorial 4 Significance of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Interview with Jonathan de Roo on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) 7 Significance of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics An interview with Christoph Bruder and Andrea Hofmann on quantum mechanics in macroscopic systems 10 Science meets aesthetics A winning image from the Nano Image Award 2025 12 Using light to study the collective behavior of electrons Portrait of Tomasz Smoleński 15 Funding of SNI members 17 Successful defenses of doctoral dissertations 22 Science meets aesthetics A winning image from the Nano Image Award 2025 24 20 years since the first bachelor’s degree A good reason to look back and celebrate 25 Exciting career paths after study- ing nanoscience New brochure 26 New boards in the nano student association and AlumniNano 27 Guest article by the AlumniNano board How does it continue? 28 Science meets aesthetics A winning image from the Nano Image Award 2025 30 Nano.Neugier Ideas for experiments and craft projects 32 News from the SNI network www.nanoscience.ch Follow us on: SNI INSight Twice a year, SNI INSight informs you about the Swiss Nanoscience Institute’s activities and results in research, education, technology, knowledge transfer and public relations. Previous issues are available on our website under SNI INSight. 2 SNI INSight December 2025