MXenes: From Research to Emerging Applications

This book introduces MXenes and provides a summary of current discoveries in their synthesis, properties, characterization techniques, and emerging applications in several fields. It explores MXenes’ distinctive electrical, mechanical, and biological features, as well as their applications. It discusses the various emerging applications of MXenes in a variety of fields, including regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, separation membranes, photocatalytic hydrogen production, environmental applications, and so forth.

Features:

• Provides comprehensive review of synthesis and application of MXenes in 2D materials
• Explores greener approaches that reduce the environmental impact and cost of the process
• Includes frameworks for assessing the balance between the synthesis and applications
• Discusses an overview of MXenes with a focus on energy, health, and medical applications that can be improved with new encapsulation
• Reviews the modern spectroscopic instruments that are utilized in sophisticated characterization methods

This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in materials engineering, nanomaterials, and 2D materials.

Subhendu Chakroborty received his Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Chemistry from Ravenshaw University (India). He is an associate professor and Deputy Registrar at Chandigarh University, India. He has received the Best Keynote Speaker award at the International Summit and Conference on Material Science Nanotechnology & Bio Manufacturing (ISCMNB), Malaysia, and was a winner of the International Picture Contest Award illustrating ＂Everything is Chemistry＂ conducted by the European Chemical Society. His research interests include the synthesis of perovskite and 2D nanomaterials for applications in biomedicine, sensors, biomaterials, functional materials, and drug delivery. With over 12 years of experience in teaching and research, he has produced more than 40 scientific publications, including original research papers, review articles, textbooks, and invited book chapters in material science and medicinal chemistry by internationally reputed major presses. He is a member (MRSC) of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK, and the American Chemical Society (ACS). He served as a repeated scientific reviewer for several international journals.