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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

A Multi-Method Approach to Analyzing MOFs for Chemical Warfare Simulant Capture: Molecular Simulation, Machine Learning, and Molecular Fingerprints.

Zhongyuan Ming, Min Zhang, Shouxin Zhang, Xiaopeng Li, Xiaoshan Yan, Kexin Guan, Yu Li, Yufeng Peng, Jinfeng Li, Heguo Li and 2 more

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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12 authors.

Zhongyuan MingState Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, China.
Min ZhangState Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, China.
Shouxin ZhangState Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, China.
Xiaopeng LiState Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, China.
Xiaoshan YanState Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, China.
Kexin GuanGuangzhou Key Laboratory for New Energy and Green Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Yu LiGuangzhou Key Laboratory for New Energy and Green Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Yufeng PengGuangzhou Key Laboratory for New Energy and Green Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Jinfeng LiGuangzhou Key Laboratory for New Energy and Green Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Heguo LiState Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, China.
Yue ZhaoState Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Institute of Chemical Defense, Beijing 100191, China.
Zhiwei QiaoGuangzhou Key Laboratory for New Energy and Green Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1264-3762

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 22478085, 21978058, and 22308069Pearl River Talent Recruitment Program 2019QN01L255The China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2022M720868The Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2022A1515011446 and 2023A1515240076The State Key Laboratory of Fluorine & Nitrogen Chemicals, Xian Modern Chemistry Research Institute, and the R&D Program of Joint Institute of GZHU & ICoST GI202102
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Abstract

Mustard gas (HD) is a well-known chemical warfare agent, recognized for its extreme toxicity and severe hazards. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), with their unique structural properties, show significant potential for HD adsorption applications. Due to the extreme hazards of HD, most experimental studies focus on its simulants, but molecular simulation research on these simulants remains limited. Simulation analyses of simulants can uncover structure-performance relationships and enable experimental validation, optimizing methods, and improving material design and performance predictions. This study integrates molecular simulations, machine learning (ML), and molecular fingerprinting (MFs) to identify MOFs with high adsorption performance for the HD simulant diethyl sulfide (DES), followed by in-depth structural analysis and comparison. First, MOFs are categorized into Top, Middle, and Bottom materials based on their adsorption efficiency. Univariate analysis, machine learning, and molecular fingerprinting are then used to identify and compare the distinguishing features and fingerprints of each category. Univariate analysis helps identify the optimal structural ranges of Top and Bottom materials, providing a reference for initial material screening. Machine learning feature importance analysis, combined with SHAP methods, identifies the key features that most significantly influence model predictions across categories, offering valuable insights for future material design. Molecular fingerprint analysis reveals critical fingerprint combinations, showing that adsorption performance is optimized when features such as metal oxides, nitrogen-containing heterocycles, six-membered rings, and C=C double bonds co-exist. The integrated analysis using HTCS, ML, and MFs provides new perspectives for designing high-performance MOFs and demonstrates significant potential for developing materials for the adsorption of CWAs and their simulants.

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chemical warfare agentshigh-throughput computational screeninginterpretable machine learningmetal-organic frameworksmolecular fingerprint

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