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To expand the use of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) based self-lubricating composite, flexible MOFs MIL-88D has been studied as a nanocontainer for loading lubricant. In this work, the mechanism of oleamine adsorption and desorption by MIL-88D was investigated through molecular simulations and experiments. Molecular simulations showed that the oleamines can be physically adsorbed into open MIL-88Ds with the Fe and O atoms of MIL-88D interacting with oleamine NH2-group. Higher temperature can cause Ole@MIL-88D to release more oleamines, while higher pressure on Ole@MIL-88D caused less oleamines released. Moreover the Ole@MIL-88D was incorporated into epoxy resin (EP) for friction tests. The optimum mass ratio of MIL-88D to EP is 15 wt%, and the EP/Ole@MIL-88D prefers light load and high frequency friction. This work suggests that flexible MOFs can be used as a nanocontainer for loading lubricant, and can be used as a new self-lubricating composite.
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The Opening Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment at Tsinghua University (Grant No. SKLTKF21B13), Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China (Grant No. E2021203092), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51905297) are acknowledged.
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**ao YANG. He received his bachelor’s and Ph.D. degrees in solid mechanics from Yanshan University, China, in 2011 and 2018, respectively. From 2014 to 2016, he worked at Uppsala University, Sweden, for cooperation research funded by China Scholarship Council (CSC). From 2018 to 2020, he worked as a postdoc at State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, China, He joined the School of Mechanical Engineering at Yanshan University as a lecture in 2020. His research areas cover the tribology of self-lubricating composite, self-lubricating joint bearing, and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). He also interests on the application of machine learning on the tribology study. He has published more than 20 referred papers in the international journals.
Yunbo WANG. He received his bachelor degree in mechanical design & manufacturing and their automation in 2021 from Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, China. After then, he has been a master student in the Key Laboratory of Self-Lubricating Spherical Plain Bearing Technology at Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China. His research interests include adsorption and lubrication performance of flexible metal organic frameworks.
Weihua CAO. She received her bachelor degree in engineering in mechanical design manufacturing and automation in 2020 from Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China. Then she has been studied for doctorate in the Key Laboratory of Self-Lubricating Spherical Plain Bearing Technology at Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China. Her research interests include tribological and wear properties of polymer-based self-lubricating materials.
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Yang, X., Wang, Y., Cao, W. et al. Flexible metal–organic frameworks based self-lubricating composite. Friction 12, 1816–1827 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-023-0857-0
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