2025 Volume 62 Issue 5 Pages 280-287
The flexible metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which are a new type of porous material, exhibit unique adsorption behavior, and are expected to have a wide range of applications. However, to overcome the issue of low handling performance of flexible MOFs, it is necessary to establish a molding process. Although it is predicted that the flexible MOF particles and their aggregate structure should strongly affect the molding process, the effect on the particularly unique adsorption behavior is still unknown. In this study, the effect of the aggregate structure of flexible MOF particles on the uniaxial compression process was investigated experimentally and numerically. It was demonstrated that hollow-structured aggregates maintained the best adsorption properties. In addition, numerical analysis revealed that the force applied to the particles was reduced in hollow-structured aggregates. These would be useful results for the practical application of flexible MOF particles.
