I 2016 modtog han nobelprisen i kemi sammen med [[Fraser Stoddart|Sir J. Fraser Stoddart]] og [[Ben Feringa|Bernard L. Feringa]] "for designet og syntesen af [[molekylemaskine]]r".<ref name="NP-20161005">{{cite news|author=Staff|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016|url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2016/press.html|date=5. oktober 2016|work=[[Nobel Foundation]]|accessdate=5. oktober 2016}}</ref><ref name="NYT-20161005">{{cite news|last1=Chang|first1=Kenneth|last2=Chan|first2=Sewell|title=3 Makers of 'World's Smallest Machines' Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/science/nobel-prize-chemistry.html|date=5. oktober 2016|work=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=5. oktober 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0"/><ref name="Davis Sample 2016">{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Nicola|last2=Sample|first2=Ian|title=live|website=theguardian|date=5. oktober 2016|url=http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2016/oct/05/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2016-to-be-announced-live|accessdate=5. oktober 2016}}</ref>
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