MXenes and MAX Phases—Innovations and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 160
Special Issue Editor
Interests: 2D materials; MXenes; graphene derivatives; graphitic carbonitrides; MOFs; carbon nanotubes; nanoparticles; van der Waals heterostructures; composites; chemical functionalization; cytotoxicity; drug delivery systems; energy storage systems; sensors; biocatalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
MXenes are a novel family of two-dimensional materials consisting of carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides of transition and refractory metals. More than 10 years have passed since their discovery by the famous scientific trio comprising Michael Naguib, Michel W. Barsoum, and Yuri Gogotsi of Drexel University, USA. Characterized by a unique structure and extraordinary properties, MXenes have triggered a worldwide scientific race in the nanotechnology community, with more than 3000 scientific manuscripts related to fundamental and applied research having been published until now. However, this is just the beginning, with this number increasing rapidly. Every MXenes-focused research group contributes to the worldwide effort towards a deeper understanding of their structure, properties, and fabrication via bottom–up and top–down approaches and obtaining new MXene parental structures, such as MAX phases and similar systems. Therefore, we are pleased to invite you to contribute your valuable research to this Special Issue of Materials, entitled “MXenes and MAX Phases—Innovations and Applications”.
This Special Issue will gather original research and review articles and short communications related to the synthesis/fabrication, modification/functionalization, and property characterization of MXene and MAX phase structures. Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and experimental research performed on powder forms and thin layers of the aforementioned structures, alongside applied research related to their utilization in different branches of science, from energy harvesting/storage systems, membranes, sensors, and catalysts to the nanomedicine and biotechnology fields.
Dr. Błażej Scheibe
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- MAX phases
- MXenes
- ceramic sintering
- chemical vapour deposition
- physical vapour deposition
- chemical etching
- structural properties
- physical modification
- chemical functionalization
- energy harvesting/storage systems
- membranes
- sensors
- catalysis
- bio-applications
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