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.
Table of Contents:
1 MXenes: From Research to Emerging Applications—A Note; 2 Synthesis and Characterization of MXenes through an Array of Conventional Methods and Green Synthesis Routes; 3 Recent Developments in MXene-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications in Regenerative Medicine; 4 MXene Materials as Efficient Separation Membranes; 5 Environmental Applications of MXene-Based Materials; 6 MXene-Based Biosensors: Next-Generation Emerging Materials for Detection; 7 Theranostics Approach of MXenes in Cancer Therapy; 8 Innovations in MXenes for Photocatalysis; 9 MXene-Based Materials for Antibacterial Activity; 10 Applications of MXenes in Electrochemical Sensors; 11 Insights into MXenes for Versatile Biomedical Applications; 12 The Potential of MXenes in Water Desalination; 13 Electrocatalytic Applications of MXenes; 14 MXenes for Supercapacitors: Current Status and Future Perspectives; 15 MXene-Based Materials for Photothermal Therapy; 16 Exploring the Potential of MXene-Based Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries; 17 MXene-Based Flexible and Wearable Piezoresistive Physical Sensors; 18 MXene-Based Materials for Fuel Cell Applications; 19 MXene-Based Nanostructured Materials for Gas Sensing Application; 20 MXenes for Textile Industry Applications
About the Author :
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.
