The elasticity of MOFs under mechanical pressure

Abstract

Nowadays, there is fast growing interest for characterization of mechanical behaviors of different classes of MOFs materials under moderate and high applied pressures to search for the stable one to resist different mechanical constraints in both processing and complex applications. This review article presents the performance and properties of rigid and flexible Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) under mechanical pressure without or with different pressure-transmitting media. With the current reports, we could find a wide range of the bulk moduli of MOFs, which are mainly lower than the traditional pores material zeolite. Among all the MOF materials discussed in this article, the HKUST-1 (Cu-BTC) has the highest bulk modulus. In addition, we discussed the possibilities of MOFs in the applications as mechanical energy absorption/storage materials.