1st Edition

MXenes From Research to Emerging Applications

Edited By Subhendu Chakroborty Copyright 2025
    364 Pages 81 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    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.

    1 MXenes: From Research to Emerging Applications—A Note

    Subhendu Chakroborty

    2 Synthesis and Characterization of MXenes through an Array of Conventional Methods and Green Synthesis Routes

    N. Usha Kiran, Siba Soren, Sriparna Chatterjee, and Laxmidhar Besra

    3 Recent Developments in MXene-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications in Regenerative Medicine

    Swathi Sadashiva, Ishita Chakraborty, Sanchi S. Havanagi, Sonali, Nirmal Mazumder, and Bhisham Narayan Singh

    4 MXene Materials as Efficient Separation Membranes

    Shikha Indoria, Swati Awasthi, and Vickramjeet Singh

    5 Environmental Applications of MXene-Based Materials

    Shubham Mishra, Dinesh Kumar Pati, R. Padhee, Subhendu Chakroborty, and Nibedita Nath

    6 MXene-Based Biosensors: Next-Generation Emerging Materials for Detection

    Akhilesh Babu Ganganboina, Indra Memdi Khoris, and Kenshin Takemura

    7 Theranostics Approach of MXenes in Cancer Therapy

    Nilima Priyadarsini Mishra, Bighnanshu Kumar Jena, Pramod K. Singh, Tarun Yadav, and N.P. Yadav

    8 Innovations in MXenes for Photocatalysis

    Sigamani Saravanan and M.V. Someswararao

    9 MXene-Based Materials for Antibacterial Activity

    Usha Kiran Rout, Chita Ranjan Sahoo, and Debdutta Bhattacharya

    10 Applications of MXenes in Electrochemical Sensors

    Prakash Chandra, E. Shakerzadeh, Tarun Yadav, and Subhendu Chakroborty

    11 Insights into MXenes for Versatile Biomedical Applications

    Monika Ahuja, Prem P. Sharma, and Pratik Kumar Jagtap

    12 The Potential of MXenes in Water Desalination

    Vandana Sharma, Anchit Modi, Poonam Deshmukh, Rashmi Chourasia, Sonali Saha, and N.K. Gaur

    13 Electrocatalytic Applications of MXenes

    Deepak Ranjan Mishra, Asish Dasmohapatra, Pravati Panda, and Priyanka Chandra

    14 MXenes for Supercapacitors: Current Status and Future Perspectives

    Amarendra Nayak, Alka Priyadarshini, and Swarna P. Mantry

    15 MXene-Based Materials for Photothermal Therapy

    Banendu Sunder Dash, Suprava Das, and Jyh-Ping Chen

    16 Exploring the Potential of MXene-Based Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Manas Ranjan Panda, Sally El Meragawi, Jagabandhu Patra, and Mainak Majumder

    17 MXene-Based Flexible and Wearable Piezoresistive Physical Sensors

    Dipak Dutta

    18 MXene-Based Materials for Fuel Cell Applications

    Debajani Tripathy and Srikanta Moharana

    19 MXene-Based Nanostructured Materials for Gas Sensing Application

    Prakash Chandra, Dojalisa Sahu, and Subhendu Chakroborty

    20 MXenes for Textile Industry Applications

    Debajani Tripathy, Tarun Yadav, and Srikanta Moharana

    Biography

    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.