The 6th International Conference “Novel Functional Carbon Nanomaterials”within the 8th Forum on New Materials at CIMTEC 2018 held in Perugia, Italy,  highlighted recent achievements and challenges in the synthesis, structural control and modeling at the meso- and nano-scales of the variety of low-dimensional carbon allotropes including nanodiamonds, diamond-like carbon, fullerenes, nanotubes, graphene and graphene-related structures, as well as high surface area carbon networks, which are promising for a range of emerging applications in energy conversion and storage, water purification, high-speed nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, photonics, quantum information processing, quantum computing, biosensing, drug delivery, medical imaging, thermal management, catalysis, lubrication, etc.

The meeting is the first international conference focusing on MXene materals, which is to bring scientists in the two-dimensional materials or energy area to interact and discuss the advances and challenges in various fields.

On May 14th, 2018, Prof. Yury Gogotsi received an honorary doctorate from the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (NTUU “KPI”), Kiev, Ukraine.

H2020-MSCA-RISE project „Multifunctional polymer composites doped with novel 2D nanoparticles for advanced applications NANO2DAY” started on May 1, 2018. It is aimed to develop novel multifunctional composites with outstanding electronic and mechanical properties by incorporation of novel MXene nanosheets into polymer matrixes.

On February 14, 2018, Materials Research Center team visited the Training " on "How to write a successful proposal in Horizon 2020" at National Aviation University of Ukraine"  as part of the NAU Info Day.

Processing guidelines for the fabrication of MXene films, coatings, and fibers have been established based on the rheological properties.

Professor Yury Gogotsi will give a lecture on 2D materials MXenes on MSE winter Colloquim in Materials Science and Engineering Department, Stanford University. 

MXene is one of the most sensitive gas sensors ever reported that sniff out chemicals in the air to warn us about everything from fires to carbon monoxide to drunk drivers to explosive devices hidden in luggage have improved so much that they can even detect diseases on a person’s breath. Researchers from Drexel University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have made a discovery that could make our best “chemical noses” even more sensitive.

Professor Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University, USA,  gave a plenary lecture on February 06, 2018 and chaired a plenary session on February 05 at the Energy Future Conference (EF3 Conference 2018) in Sydney. EF3 Conference 2018 brought together scientists, engineers, policy makers, investors, academia, and industry to discuss the latest advances in energy technology. 

More than 30 speakers from USA and Czech were invited, among them also was invited outstanding scientist, professor Yury Gogotsi, founder director of Drexel Nanomaterials Institute in Drexel University, USA.

Director of Materials Research Centre Oleksiy Gogotsi visited Jiln University, Changchun, China. He had a work meeting with Yury Gogotsi, Distinguished University Professor and Trustee Chair in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University, USA, and Distinguished Foreign Professor at Jilin University and Professor Wei Han, Executive Deputy Director of International Collaborative Center of Talents, International Center of Future Science, and discussed ongoing joint works and research on materials for supercapacitors.

Professor Yury Gogotsi from Drexel University, USA, has won the 2017 Energy Storage Materials Award, which is awarded by the journal Energy Storage Materials. The Award will be presented to Professor Gogotsi at the ICEnSM 2017 (2017 International Conference on Energy Storage Materials), which will be held in Shenzhen, China, on Nov. 18-21, 2017.

His research ranks among the top 1% most cited works in his field and during its year of publication, earning the mark of exceptional impact. This year is the first time Yury Gogotsi made this list in two categories - Materials Science and Chemistry.

Oleksiy Gogotsi, director of Materials Research Center presented join research on synthesis and biomedical applications of 2D carbides MXenes.