Furnaces

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Furnace with an electrothermal fluidized layer, screw feeder and loading bunkerTechnological furnace you need can be chosen by comparison of different variants of the furnace design (gas type rotary furnace, external heating type rotary furnace, rotary hearth electric furnace, cyclone fuel furnace, electric moving bed furnace and etc.

Materials Research Centre provides design, development and manufacturing of special technological furnaces of continuous action with direct contact heating layer for technology lines

Laboratory muffle furnaces and tube chamber furnaces are designed for chemical analysis, analytical works, and various types of heat treatment at temperatures of 400 to 1250 ° C in all sectors of industry and agriculture.



Annealing furnace with direct contact heating layer for carbon materials, capacity 50kg/h

Furnace, capacity 1000 kg/hourDevelopment, designing and manufacturing of the power efficient thermal-electric furnace providing increasing of the carbon-contained material qualities.

Furnace components:
Furnace efficiency 50 kg/h:
- furnace steel shell
- heat insulation
- central electrode , lateral electrodes
- temperature sensors
- sectorial feeder of finished chilled and processed material
- analyzer of Н2 concentration of the waste gases
- pressure sensor (in sectorial feeder of source material)
- system of the furnace automatic control

 

Annealing furnace with direct contact heating layer for carbon materials

Furnace, capacity 1000 kg/hourDevelopment, designing and manufacturing of the power efficient thermal-electric furnace providing increasing of the carbon-contained material qualities.

Furnace components:
Furnace efficiency 1 t/hr:
- furnace steel shell 
- heat insulation
- central electrode , lateral electrodes
- temperature sensors 
- sectorial feeder of finished chilled and processed material 
- analyzer of Н2 concentration of the waste gases 
- pressure sensor (in sectorial feeder of source material)
- system of the furnace automatic control

Prior heat treatment of carbon-contained material to remove volatile components by heating to the temperature of 900°С -1200°С and its withstanding  under fixed temperature with the duration of  10 minutes.

 

Special Technological Furnace with an Electrothermal Fluidized Layer at a Temperature of 2000-2500°C

Furnace with an electrothermal fluidized layer, screw feeder and loading bunkerMaterials Research Centre developes two-stage technology for calcination of petroleum coke, which includes the first stage of heating of coke to a temperature of 900-1200 ° C in order to remove the bulk of the volatile products and to ensure consistent quality of coke-and second-stage high-temperature processing in coke furnace with an electrothermal fluidized layer at a temperature of 2000-2500 ° C.

As a result of high-temperature treatment the content of harmful impurities provide an opportunity to obtain high carbon product that can be used in metallurgy, and chemical production.

 

Laboratory and small technological furnaces for metals and ceramics

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Laboratory muffle furnaces and tube chamber furnaces are designed for chemical analysis, analytical works, and various types of heat treatment at temperatures of 400 to 1250 ° C in all sectors of industry and agriculture. High temperature muffle furnace is necessary part of laboratory equipment. The sizes of the muffle furnace various from the smaller furnaces which are conveniently placed on a workbench, to the larger units that has a coveted capacity and competent for all duty.

 



News from MRC.ORG.UA

Join us at the IEEE NAP-2025 International Symposium on "The MXene Frontier: Transformative Nanomaterials Shaping the Future", Bratislava, September 7-12, 2025

MXene Symposium 2025 in BratislavaLast Call! Have you submitted your abstract for IEEE NAP-2025 yet? Join us at the International Symposium on "The MXene Frontier: Transformative Nanomaterials Shaping the Future" – the largest MXene-focused conference in Europe this year!  Final Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025. Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to showcase your research and engage with world leaders in the MXene field!

 
New Publication Alert: "MXenes in Healthcare: Transformative Applications and Challenges in Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics"

MXene in healthcareWe are excited to announce the publication of latest review article on MXenes in Healthcare. This comprehensive review explores the groundbreaking role of MXenes—an emerging class of 2D materials—in revolutionizing the fields of medical diagnostics and therapeutics.  Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NR04853A.

 
Pulsed Electrochemical Exfoliation for an HF-Free Sustainable MXene Synthesis

Electrochemical etching of Ti 3 AlC 2 pellet electrodes in aqueous electrolytes: Set-up and workflow with schematic mechanisms to generatedelaminated EC-MXene flakesCongratulations and thank you to our collaborators from TU Wien and CEST for very interesting work and making it published! In this work, an upscalable electrochemical MXene synthesis is presented. Yields of up to 60% electrochemical MXene (EC-MXene) with no byproducts from a single exfoliation cycle are achieved.

 
Elucidation of Potential Genotoxicity of MXenes Using a DNA Comet Assay

Potential Genotoxicity of MXenes Using a DNA Comet Assay. ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2024, 7, 12, 8351-8366Congratulations to all collaborators with this interesting joint work!

 MXenes are among the most diverse and prominent 2D materials. They are being explored in almost every field of science and technology, including biomedicine. Despite their proven biocompatibility and low cytotoxicity, their genotoxicity has not been addressed, so we investigated whether MXenes interfere with DNA integrity in cultured cells and examined the fragmentation of their chromosomal DNA by a DNA comet assay. 

 
Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene–silk fibroin composite films: engineering DC conductivity and properties in the THz range

MXene-silk composite film studyThank you to our collaborators for the amazing joint work recently published in Graphene and 2D Nanomaterials about  MXene–silk fibroin composite films aiming to develop materials with tunable electronic and thermal properties

 
2024 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts, from December 1-6, 2024

2024 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Poster Session, from left to right: Prof. Yury Gogotsi, Prof. Maksym Pogorielov, Prof. Goknur Buke, Dr. Babak Anasori and Dr. Oleksiy GogotsiDr. Oleksiy Gogotsi, director of MRC and Carbon-Ukraine, innovative companies that are among the leaders on the world MXene market, visited 2024 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit. together with Dr. Maksym Pogorielov, Head of Advanced Biomaterials and Biophysics Laboratory, University of Latvia.

 
Electrochemical real-time sensor for the detection of Pb(II) ions based on Ti3C2Tx MXene

Action of MXene-modified electrode in sensor application

We are proud to present our collaborative paper on an electrochemical real-time sensor for the selective detection of Pb(II) ions, powered by Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene. Big thank you to our collaborators from Vilnius for extensive experiments and to make it published! This work lays the foundation for further development of in situ electrochemical sensors based on MXenes and their potential integration into lab-on-a-chip systems, enabling fast, portable, and cost-effective measurements for a wide range of applications.

 
Our team participated in the 3rd International Conference at Drexel University "MXene: Changing the World", August 5-7, 2024

3rd international MXene Confernce at Drexel University, August 5-7, 2024, Philadelphia, USAMRC and Carbon-Ukraine team visited the 3rd International MXene conference held at Drexel University on August 5-8, 2024. Conference brought together the best reserchers and leading experts on MXene field. 

 
Visit to our project partners from Worcester Polytechnic Institute that joined to ESCULAPE research project consortium

Visiting Functional Biomaterials Lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute led by Dr. Jeannine Coburne

Looking forward to work together with Dr. Lyubov Titova and Dr. Jeannine Coubourne from Worcester Polytechnic Institute on structural and biomedical applications of MXenes and study of their properties within HORIZON EUROPE MSCA RISE ESCULAPE project!

 
MXenes for biomedical applications: MXene-Polydopamine-antiCEACAM1 Antibody Complex as a Strategy for Targeted Ablation of Melanoma

MXene-Polydopamine-antiCEACAM1 Antibody Complex fro cancer therapyTogether with colleagues from the University of Latvia, MRC/Carbone Ukraine, Adam Mickiewicz University, University Clinic Essen, and others, we have developed a novel concept involving the binding of antibodies to MXenes. In our research, we utilized anti-CEACAM1 antibodies to develop targeted photo-thermal therapy for melanoma (in vitro), paving the way for future in vivo studies and clinical trials. For the first time, we demonstrate the feasibility of delivering MXenes specifically targeted to melanoma cells, enabling the effective ablation of cancer cells under near-infrared (NIR) light. This new technique opens up vast potential for the application of MXenes in cancer treatment, diagnostics, drug delivery, and many other medical purposes.

 
Looking forward our collaboration with Dr. Vladimir Tsukruk's team from Georgia Tech University in trilateral research project IMPRESS-U on MXene-Based Composite Bio-membranes with Tailored Properties

SSU, MRC and Carbon-Ukraine team visited research group led by Prof. Vladimir Tsukruk from Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, USA

Looking forward our collaboration with Dr. Vladimir Tsukruk's team from Georgia Tech University in trilateral research project IMPRESS-U, involving teams from Ukraine, Latvia, and the United States funded by National Science Foundation (NSF). project is focused on MXene-Based Composite Bio-membranes with Tailored Properties. Can't wait our Kick-off meeting that will be held at Latvias University in Riga with all project participants.

 

 
Our new collaborative research paper with Drexel team on Porous Ti3AlC2 MAX phase enables efficient synthesis of Ti3C2Tx MXene

porous MAX phase technologyIn this study, we have optimized the synthesis of MAX phases for MXene manufacturing. The main purpose of this study is to develop a porous Ti3AlC2MAX phase that can be easily ground into individual grains manually without time-consuming eliminating the need for drilling and intenseball-milling before MXene synthesis. Moreover, we also demonstrate the synthesis of highly porous Ti3AlC2 (about 70%) from an inexpensive raw materials.

 
Novel electrically conductive electrospun PCL‑MXene scaffolds for cardiac tissue regeneration

Scanning electron microscopy image of PCLMXene membranes crosssection (left side) with the representation of EDX line (dotted line) and example of cross-sectional EDX elements line scan (right side)Here we demonstrate a new developed method for depositing Ti3C2Tx MXenes onto hydrophobic electrospun PCL membranes using oxygen plasma treatment. These novel patches hold tremendous potential for providing mechanical support to damaged heart tissue and enabling electrical signal transmission,thereby mimicking the crucial electroconductivity required for normal cardiac function. After a detailed investigation of scaffold-to-cell interplay, including electrical stimulation, novel technology has the potential for clinical application not only for cardiac regeneration, but also as neural and muscular tissue substitutes.

 
Read recently published paper about our collaborative work: MXene Functionalized Kevlar Yarn via Automated, Continuous Dip Coating

MXene Functionalized Kevlar Yarn via Automated,Continuous Dip CoatingThe rise of the Internet of Things has spurred extensive research on integrating conductive materials into textiles to turn them into sensors, antennas, energy storage devices, and heaters. MXenes, owing to their high electrical conductivity and solution processability, offer an efficient way to add conductivity and electronic functions to textiles. Here, a versatile automated yarn dip coater tailored for producing continuously high-quality MXene-coated yarns and conducted the most comprehensive MXene-yarn dip coating study to date is developed. 

 
MX-MAP project secondment visit of Dr. Oleksiy Gogotsi and Veronika Zahorodna from MRC to University of Padova, Italy, October 2023

altMX-MAP project participants from MRC Dr. Oleksiy Gogotsi and Veronika Zahorodna performed split secondment visit to project partner organization University of Padova (Italy). MX-MAP project works on development of the key strategies for MXene medical applications.