Adsorption was chosen as the means to introduce silver ions into the ZIF-62 structure as it is one of the more straightforward methods to incorporate ions into porous structures. While some MOF encapsulation methods involve a one-pot in situ encapsulation during the synthesis of MOF, this method was not incorporated in this paper as the impact of silver ions on the formation of ZIF-62 during the normal synthesis route has not been studied well and will add complications which fall outside the scope of this study - which is to understand the role of silver ions towards the dynamics of ZIF-62 thermal behaviour. Methanol was also chosen as the adsorption medium, both to dissolve silver ions and to disperse ZIF-62 crystals, even though silver ions (from AgNO3 for this study) are much more soluble in aqueous conditions. This is because ZIF-62 crystals are highly hydrophobic and will not disperse well in water. A less toxic alternative such as ethanol was not chosen due to the possibility of the formation of an explosive byproduct when reacted with AgNO3, such as the highly explosive silver fulminate[28]. The as-synthesized ZIF-62 particles were activated overnight before silver adsorption to ensure that the pores were effectively vacant to maximize the silver adsorption efficiency. The morphology of the crystal between pure and silver-loaded ZIF-62 glass at different benzimidazole - imidazole ratio as seen in Figure 2 also shows that there was no clear morphological change in the shape of the resulting crystals.