Triptycene-modified linkers of MOFs for methane sorption enhancement: A molecular simulation study

Evgeniya I. Volkova; Alexander V. Vakhrushev; Mikhail Suetin

doi:10.1016/j.chemphys.2015.07.019

Triptycene-modified linkers of MOFs for methane sorption enhancement: A molecular simulation study

Evgeniya I. Volkova, Alexander V. Vakhrushev, Mikhail Suetin^*

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Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center

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We computationally study the effect of triptycene incorporation in linkers of metal-organic framework on methane adsorption properties. Geometry optimization at molecular mechanics level of theory has been performed for creation of triptycene-based MOFs. Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulations have been employed for methane sorption properties calculations of triptycene-modified MOFs. The results obtained are compared favourably with known MOF material of similar structure and topology. This provides a viable linker modification method, which has a potential in uptake enhancement of methane and other gas molecules. These results indicate that linkers' modification by triptycene is efficient for methane adsorption enhancement.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	14-18
Number of pages	5
Journal	Chemical Physics
Volume	459
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2015.07.019
State	Published - Aug 11 2015

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MOFs
Methane storage
Simulation

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Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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