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  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
1,938 Views
12 Pages

Steering Charge Directional Separation in MXenes/Titanium Dioxide for Efficient Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation

  • Nianhua Liu,
  • Rong Tang,
  • Kai Li,
  • Bin Wang,
  • Junze Zhao,
  • Qing Xu,
  • Mengxia Ji and
  • Jiexiang Xia

30 November 2023

Photocatalytic nitrogen fixation has attracted much attention because of its ability to synthesize ammonia under mild conditions. However, the ammonia yield is still greatly limited by the sluggish charge separation and extremely high N2 dissociation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,929 Views
13 Pages

3D Printing of Ultrathin MXene toward Tough and Thermally Resistant Nanocomposites

  • Yuewei Li,
  • Ranjith Kumar Kankala,
  • Ai-Zheng Chen and
  • Shi-Bin Wang

19 August 2022

Liquid crystal display (LCD)-based 3D printing, a facile and cost-effective manufacturing technique, is often applied when fabricating objects with porcelain structures using photosensitive resins (PSRs). Currently, 3D printed constructions are typic...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,085 Views
10 Pages

23 January 2022

Separators, as indispensable parts of LSBs (lithium–sulfur batteries), play a cucial role in inhibiting dendrite growth and suppressing the shuttle of lithium polysulfide (LiPSs). Herein, we prepared a functional carbon nanotube (CNT) and Fe-ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,835 Views
16 Pages

MXenes as Alternative Plasmonic Coatings on 1D Photonic Crystals Platforms for Tamm Plasmon Polaritons

  • Marko Obradov,
  • Zoran Jakšić,
  • Ivana Mladenović,
  • Anja Bartula and
  • Olga Jakšić

16 January 2023

New materials are of essential importance for the advancement of nanophotonics and nanoplasmonics. Numerous electromagnetic modes, especially various evanescent surface waves, prove themselves useful in multitudinous practical applications. Here we i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,092 Views
26 Pages

A Review of the Structural Design of Anode Materials in Sodium-Ion Batteries Based on MXenes and Their Composites

  • Mengwei Yuan,
  • Xingzi Zheng,
  • Jingshen Xu,
  • Qiao Ni,
  • Luoqi Luo,
  • Zejun Cai,
  • Zemin Sun,
  • Liu Lin and
  • Genban Sun

The typical two-dimensional layered structure materials, MXenes, are widely used in energy conversion and storage due to their high conductivity, ion transport ability, and rich surface structures. Recently, MXenes and their composites have been wide...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,788 Views
13 Pages

Three-Dimensional Superhydrophobic Hollow Hemispherical MXene for Efficient Water-in-Oil Emulsions Separation

  • Haoran Chen,
  • Riyuan Wang,
  • Weiming Meng,
  • Fanglin Chen,
  • Tao Li,
  • Dingding Wang,
  • Chunxiang Wei,
  • Hongdian Lu and
  • Wei Yang

27 October 2021

A superhydrophobic macroporous material composed of hollow hemispherical MXene (HSMX) was synthesized by the thermal annealing of MXene-wrapped cationic polystyrene spheres (CPS@MXene). Notably, the spherical MXene shells exhibited highly efficient c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,828 Views
19 Pages

19 March 2024

In this work, a novel adsorbent called magnetite/MXene (Fe3O4/Ti3C2) nanocomposite was prepared, characterized, and applied for the removal of organic dye, malachite green dye (MG), from both real water and model solutions. Numerous techniques were u...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
5,661 Views
25 Pages

ROS- and pH-Responsive Polydopamine Functionalized Ti3C2Tx MXene-Based Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Nanocarriers with High Antibacterial Activity

  • Wei-Jin Zhang,
  • Shuwei Li,
  • Veena Vijayan,
  • Jun Seok Lee,
  • Sung Soo Park,
  • Xiuguo Cui,
  • Ildoo Chung,
  • Jaejun Lee,
  • Suk-kyun Ahn and
  • Jung Rae Kim
  • + 2 authors

9 December 2022

Premature drug release and poor controllability is a challenge in the practical application of tumor therapy, which may lead to poor chemotherapy efficacy and severe adverse effects. In this study, a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-cleavable nanopartic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
6,148 Views
11 Pages

4 March 2019

The monotonic work function of graphene makes it difficult to meet the electrode requirements of every device with different band structures. Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides (TMCs), such as carbides in MXene, are considered good candid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,427 Views
9 Pages

Strengthened Optical Nonlinearity of V2C Hybrids Inlaid with Silver Nanoparticles

  • Yabin Shao,
  • Qing He,
  • Lingling Xiang,
  • Zibin Xu,
  • Xiaoou Cai and
  • Chen Chen

12 May 2022

The investigation of nonlinear optical characteristics resulting from the light–matter interactions of two-dimensional (2D) nano materials has contributed to the extensive use of photonics. In this study, we synthesize a 2D MXene (V2C) monolaye...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,395 Views
24 Pages

30 June 2022

Sensors developed from nanomaterials are increasingly used in a variety of fields, from simple wearable or medical sensors to be used at home to monitor health, to more complicated sensors being used by border customs or aviation industries. In recen...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,513 Views
24 Pages

Functional Two-Dimensional Materials for Bioelectronic Neural Interfacing

  • Mohammad Karbalaei Akbari,
  • Nasrin Siraj Lopa,
  • Marina Shahriari,
  • Aliasghar Najafzadehkhoee,
  • Dušan Galusek and
  • Serge Zhuiykov

Realizing the neurological information processing by analyzing the complex data transferring behavior of populations and individual neurons is one of the fast-growing fields of neuroscience and bioelectronic technologies. This field is anticipated to...

  • Review
  • Open Access
695 Views
27 Pages

13 November 2025

With the increasing demand for high-energy-density lithium batteries, the role of separators has expanded significantly beyond conventional ion conduction and physical isolation. By integrating sensors and introducing functional coatings, separators...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,476 Views
17 Pages

5 February 2022

The practical application of photocatalytic H2-evolution is greatly limited by its sluggish charge separation, insufficient active sites, and stability of photocatalysts. Zero-dimensional (0D) Ti3C2 MXene quantum dots (MQDs) and amorphous Ti(IV) have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,561 Views
18 Pages

Self-Assembly 2D Ti3C2/g-C3N4 MXene Heterojunction for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline in Visible Wavelength Range

  • Chunmin Li,
  • Changjie Kan,
  • Xiangtai Meng,
  • Mengxue Liu,
  • Qianqian Shang,
  • Yikai Yang,
  • Yu Wang and
  • Xiaoxue Cui

15 November 2022

An ultrathin 2D Ti3C2/g-C3N4 MXene (2D-TC/CN) heterojunction was synthesized, using a facile self-assembly method; the perfect microscopic-morphology and the lattice structure presented in the sample with a 2 wt% content of Ti3C2 were observed by the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
64 Citations
6,894 Views
28 Pages

Classification of Nanomaterials and the Effect of Graphene Oxide (GO) and Recently Developed Nanoparticles on the Ultrafiltration Membrane and Their Applications: A Review

  • Raghad M. Al-Maliki,
  • Qusay F. Alsalhy,
  • Sama Al-Jubouri,
  • Issam K. Salih,
  • Adnan A. AbdulRazak,
  • Mohammed Ahmed Shehab,
  • Zoltán Németh and
  • Klara Hernadi

26 October 2022

The emergence of mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) or nanocomposite membranes embedded with inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) has opened up a possibility for developing different polymeric membranes with improved physicochemical properties, mechanical proper...