MXenes and the Era of 2D Materials by Design | Joseph Priestley Society

Materials define the progress of humanity as access to new materials enables new tools and technologies. In the Silicon Age, electronic and computer technologies greatly accelerated technical progress, changing our lives. What comes next? The age of nanomaterials.

Numerous 2D materials, including oxides, graphene, and carbides/nitrides (MXenes) are now available, and thousands more are coming. They provide attractive building blocks because they can be assembled into dense structures, just like bricks in a wall. 2D transition metal carbides and nitrides known as MXenes have been expanding rapidly since their discovery at Drexel University in 2011 and have become the fastest-growing family of materials.

Materials chemist, Yury Gogotsi, will discuss the properties and applications of these and other 2D flakes and their applications in energy storage, optoelectronics, plasmonics, electromagnetic interference shielding, antennas, electrocatalysis, medicine, sensors, water purification/desalination, and other fields.

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