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¹Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.

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Materials Science
Computational Chemistry
Nanotechnology

Background:

Deriving force fields for metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) traditionally relies on computationally expensive quantum chemical simulations.
This computational burden is particularly significant for large and complex MOF structures.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a cost-effective methodology for deriving force fields for MOFs.
To investigate the transferability of force field parameters between chemically identical, polymorphic MOF structures.

Main Methods:

A novel methodology was devised to reduce force field derivation costs by utilizing smaller polymorphic MOF structures.
The transferability of force field parameters was demonstrated using the MOF-177 structure for H2O and NH3 gas molecules.

Main Results:

Force field parameters derived from a smaller polymorphic MOF-177 structure were accurately applicable to the original MOF-177 structure.
The proposed method significantly reduces the computational expense associated with generating force fields for large porous materials.

Conclusions:

The developed methodology offers a computationally efficient approach to accelerate the creation of accurate force fields for MOFs.
This technique is particularly valuable for large-scale porous materials where conventional simulation methods are prohibitive.