Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless are the names of this year's recipients of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Their work has laid the foundation for so-called click chemistry – which is basically about how to build molecules in a more systematic way with simple chemical reactions.

Hear Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede tell more about click chemistry - and why she thinks the trio behind the discovery are worthy Nobel laureates - in the clip above.