Yury Gogotsi is a researcher in the Drexel University Nanomaterials Group. He and his colleagues discovered a series of novel materials known as MXenes. 

Professor Yury Gogotsi , Drexel University, USA,  received an Honorary Doctorate from Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Science of Ukraine.

The life of Yury Gogotsi is a constant back and forth between the top laboratories in the world, writing articles in the best scientific journals and research materials that can change the world around them. 

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Join world-class nanoscientists and environmental leaders to explore how the capacity to harness molecules and atoms is accelerating spectacular inventions — including light-weight “wonder materials,” vital energy-storage technologies, and new sources of renewable energy — which promise to redefine the very future of energy.

Research of 2D MXenes is prominently featured in an article in Chemical & Engineering News - bulletin of the American Chemical Society that goes in hard copy to more than 150,000 subscribers. No doubt, MXenes are at the forefront of 2D materials research.

Research team from Drexel University lead by professor Yury Gogotsi produced an award-wining entry and became the 1st place winner in Science as Art competition at 2017 MRS Spring meeting in Phoenix.

On the first day of the conference, on March 28, the conference participants had an opportunity to attend a plenary lecture "Two-Dimensional Materials for High Rate and High-energy Density Storage" by invited plenary speaker professor Yury Gogotsi, Distinguished University Professor and Trustee Chair of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University, and Director of the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute 

The goal of the workshop is to attract the most recognized academic experts in the field of Innovative Nanomaterials for Environmental Application to share their knowledge and expertise on nanomaterials, nanoengineering and green building concepts.

More than twenty 2D carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides of transition metals (MXenes) have been synthesized and studied, and dozens more predicted to exist. Highly electrically conductive MXenes show promise in electrical energy storage, electromagnetic interference shielding, electrocatalysis, plasmonics and other applications.

Prof. Gogotsi has been named among Highly Cited Researchers 2016, representing worlds most influential scientific minds

The official appointment ceremony of Honorary professorship for Dr. Yury Gogotsi took place in a ceremonial atmosphere at Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China on October 20, 2016.

12th IUPAC International Conference on Novel Materials and their Synthesis (NMS-XII), is held during 14-19 October, 2016 at Hunan Agriculture University together with Nanjing Tech University, Fudan University and University of Technology, Sydney.

 According to the authors, when electromagnetic waves come in contact with MXene, some are immediately reflected from its surface, while others pass through the surface but they lose energy amidst the material’s atomically thin layers.

Beijing University of Chemical Technology have decided to award prof. Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University (USA) the title of Honorary Professor based on his distinguished academic accomplishments. 

Nano Energy Award was presented to prof. Yury Gogotsi at 2016 Nanoenergy and Nanosystems Conference, which was held in Beijing on 13-15 July 2016.

Professor Yury Gogotsi, director of Drexel Nanomaterials Institute, Drexel University, USA, and director of Materials Research Centre Oleksiy Gogotsi visited Jilin University in Changchun, China, to meet research partners and discuss work questions and joint cooperation.

June 16, 2016 prof. Yury Gogotsi gave a seminar lecture on Two-Dimensional Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes) and Their Applications in Energy Storage for the sudents and researchers of Jilin University, Changchun, China.

Prof.Yury Gogotsi at the Nature Journals’ Materials for Energy conference gave a talk on Synthesis, Properties And Energy Storage Applications of Two-Dimensional Carbides (Mxenes) in Wuhan University of Technology Conference Centre, Wuhan, China

The award will be presented to prof. Yury Gogotsi at the Nanoenergy and Nanosystems 2016 conference, which will be held in Beijing between 13-15 July 2016.

Professor Yury Gogotsi have been listed in the 2015 World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds. 

Prof. Yury Gogotsi has been admitted as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) on December 11, 2015 for his outstanding contribution to chemistry. 

Prof. Yury Gogotsi was awarded the Lee Hsun Award Lecture at the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on November 5, 2015.

Winners of the international award RUSNANOPRIZE 2015 became Yury Gogotsi,  professor  of Drexel University (USA), Director of the Institute of nanomaterials Drexel University (USA), and professor of the University Paul Sabatier (France), Patrice Simon for the fundamental studies and development of carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical supercapacitors.

The Expert Group of  RUSNANOPRIZE 2015 has announced the shortlist of three finalists - prof. Armand Paul Alivisatos, prof.Yury Gogotsi and prof. Patrice Simon, prof. Huamin Zhang

MRC director Oleksiy Gogotsi visited Nanobio 2015 Conference to present a poster presentation and gave oral report.

Congratulations to Prof. Gogotsi for being elected to the MRS Board of Directors!

If you are a member of MRS, you can vote to support Prof. Yury Gogotsi as a candidate for the MRS Board of Directors.

  Was presented DNI--MRC-CIRIMAT joint work of DNI--MRC-CIRIMAT - on High Capacitance of Coarse-Grained Carbide-Derived Carbon Particles.

Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, are emerging new class of nanomaterials with many fascinating properties and applications

This symposium is to bring together the leading scientists who are working actively in the field of carrier dynamics and optical properties of 2-dimensional nanostructures,2-dimensional material synthesis, and related technologies

Materials scientists from Drexel University’s College of Engineering invented the clay, which is both highly conductive and can easily be molded into a variety of shapes and sizes

Safe and powerful energy storage devices are becoming increasingly important.

Flexible new material, which the group has identified as a conductive polymer nanocomposite, is the latest expression of the ongoing research in Drexel’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering on a family of composite two-dimensional materials called MXenes

Two-dimensional transition metal carbides (MXenes) offer a quite unique combination of excellent mechanical properties, hydrophilic surfaces, and metallic conductivity.

Doctor Honoris Causa  award is giving for outstanding achievements in science and education.

Scientists announced they have likely discovered the strongest, stiffest diamond-based nanomaterial to date.

”There are so many different MXenes, with dozens more possible,” says professor Yury Gogotsi

Since inventing a new conductive material three years ago, researchers at Drexel and around the world are finding new ways to adapt and apply it.

Tue., August 5 - prof. Yury Gogotsi, Distinguished University Professor and Trustee Chair in Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA, is invited at the 6th International Symposium on Functional Nanomaterials in Singapor

Gogotsi is one of only 147 materials science researchers worldwide appearing on this list, and is one of three researchers included from Drexel University

CIMTEC 2014 - 13th International Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies -was held in Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, Italy, June 8 to 19, 2014.

Prof. Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA was invited to give a plenary lecture "Ion confinement in carbon nanopores: Application for electrochemical capacitors".

Researchers examined the use of a percolating network of metal oxides (MnO2) as the active materials in a suspension electrode as a way to increase the capacitance and energy density of an electrochemical flow capacitor...

MRS TV featured an interview with Dr. Gogotsi about his talk as Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience, titled “Not Just Graphene — the Wonderful World of Carbon.”

MRC was visited by US project partner Igor Barsukov (American Energy Technologies Company), Ukrainian P482 project manager M.Gubinskyi (NMetAU). The workshop took place in the Material Research Centre, where were discussed the work issues on equipment manufacturing due to the project P482.

The structures of nanocrystalline pristine, potassium hydroxide and sodium acetate intercalated new two-dimensional materials Ti₃C₂MXenes were studied

A combination of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and experiments are used to shed light on the relation between surface structure and Li-ion storage capacities of the following functionalized two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, or MXenes

Sampling ultrasmall volumes of liquids for analysis is essential in a number of fields from cell biology to microfluidics to nanotechnology and electrochemical energy storage

Paper shows that electrodes of Nb₂O₅ successfully retain the pseudocapacitive properties of the corresponding nanoscale materials

ACS Meetings organizes two of the most respected scientific meetings in the world.

Electrochemical measurements can distinguish between different types of energy storage materials and their underlying mechanisms.

With the participation of Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Yu.Sergeev were discussed the aspects of implementation of the student exchange program between Ukraine and the United States

The spilled oil represents a menace to the aquatic ecosystem and the whole..

Since the discovery of graphene, the quest for two-dimensional (2D) materials has intensified greatly

The field of energy textiles is growing but continues to face two main challenges...

Carbon films on SiC have many applications, ranging from tribology to electrical energy storage.

Onion-like carbon (OLC) based micro-supercapacitor electrodes prepared by electrophoretic deposition (EPD) were combined with a eutectic mixture of ionic liquids (IL), producing a micro-supercapacitor which is able to function from − 50 °C to 80 °C. 

The Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference (QF-ARC) 2013 took place at Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha. At QF-ARC 2013 prof. Y. Gogotsi, Drexel University, USA, had  a talk on Carbon Materials for Capacitive Energy Storage.

The award was presented at the ACerS 115th Annual Meeting held in conjunction with MS&T’13 in Montreal, Canada in October 27-31, 2013.

The global discussion platform—Open Innovations Forum—is dedicated to emerging technologies and furthering innovation prospects and collaboration worldwide.

This year prize goes to Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institute Professor Robert Langer and Harvard Medical School Professor Omid Farokhzad...

Roland B. Snow Award 2013 winner - “The Carbon-Anatase Dog” Babak Anasori, Michael Naguib, Yury Gogotsi, Michel W. Barsoum...

This book provides information on synthesis, properties, and applications of carbon nanomaterials. With novel materials, such as graphene (atomically flat carbon) or carbon onions (carbon nanospheres), the family of carbon nanomaterials is rapidly growing.

Green machine: Every single component of the electrical energy storage system presented is environmentally friendly and can be safely disposed of or incinerated after use.

The expansion of porous carbon electrodes in a room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) is studied using in situ atomic force microscopy (AFM). The effect of carbon surface area and pore size/pore size distribution on the observed strain profile and ion kinetics is examined.

Research team of Drexel Nanotechnology Institute at The 224th Electrochemical Society ECS Meeting

Drexel University researchers has pushed the materials storage capacities to new levels while also allowing for their use in flexible devices

Graphene film with high strength was fabricated by the assembly of graphene sheets derived from graphene oxide (GO) in an effective and environmentally friendly approach.

Publication on the electrochemical flow capacitor (EFC) by nanomaterials group of DNI, Drexel University, USA. EFC is a new technology for grid energy storage that is based on the fundamental principles of supercapacitors.

Carbon onions represent one of the least studied carbon nanomaterials, and are seeing a large increase in attention for energy storage applications.

That research projects were organized by the U.S. Department of Energy (United States Department of Energy (DoE), Argonne National Laboratory, USA (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)  for the development of new batteries for electric drive vehicles.

The potential pathways to increase the energy storage in electric double-layer (EDL) supercapacitors using room-temperature ionic liquid electrolytes and carbon-based nanostructured electrodes are explored by molecular dynamics simulations.

Electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLC), or supercapacitors, rely on electrosorption of ions by porous carbon electrodes and offer a higher power and a longer cyclic lifetime compared to batteries.

These annual international meetings provide an interactive forum to discuss the advances in synthesis, characterization, properties, processing, applications, basic research trends, corrosion prevention, and more, all related to the area of materials science and engineering.

The Brazilian Carbon Association gathers all carbon researchers to the first ever Annual World Conference on Carbon...

A scientific research paper published in ACS Nano has been selected as recipient of a prestigious award from the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). ACS Nano is one of more than 40 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.

Joining for AABC Europe 2013, the premier European advanced battery conference, unrivaled in its high standard of presentations and extraordinary networking opportunities! The fourth European AABC examined the expanding advanced battery market with a focus on the activities and needs of European automakers...

The 2013 International Conference on Advanced Capacitors, organized by The Electrochemical Society of Japan, was held in May 27 - May 30, 2013, at Osaka, Japan.

The conference is devoted to 150-th Birthday of the world famous Ukrainian scientist Volodymyr Vernadsky.

Meeting focused on the intermediate results and deliverables of the project, conducted experiments, assembly and launching equipment...

Materials Research Society Academic Affairs Committee assesses existing educational curricula in materials science

The 2013 MRS Spring Meeting hosted 56 technical sessions, an international exhibit, a variety of special events and tutorial sessions, and much more.

Novel electrical energy storage concept, the electrochemical flow capacitor (EFC), holds much promise for grid-scale energy storage applications.

Professor Yury Gogotsi, Director of Drexel Nanotechnology Institute, Drexel University, USA, visited Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), located in Doha, Qatar, March 2013

Director of Materials Research Centre, on February, 2013, visited Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, to take part in work meeting.  .