MXene: Changing the World, the 3rd International Conference at Drexel University MXenes: Changing the World, August 5-7, 2024, was ocused on chemistry and physics of materials, as well as research innovations, new developments of MXenes, progress in collaboration with industry, government policy, and international excellence, and looked toward the future of this important family of two-dimensional materials. Over the course of the three full days, the conference brought together MXene researchers in the areas of chemistry, physics, materials science, energy storage and generation, electronics, electromagnetic interference shielding, antennas, transparent conductors, gas and pressure sensors, water purification, gas separation membranes, photo- and electrocatalysis, medicine, and plasmonics among many others, to convey the latest breakthroughs and address the future technologies where MXenes show the greatest impact.
Our team members Oleksiy Gogotsi and Veronika Zahorodna took part in the conference representing Materials Research Center and Carbon-Ukraine companies, that are one of the world leaders in MAX-phase and MXene synthesis, manufacturing and MXene technology upscaling. Several collaborative research works were presented at poster session. It was also exellent possibility to meet research partners, collaborators and customers during the conference. Looking forward to more exoting collaborative projects and resesearch on MXenes applications.
Two collaborative works were presented at poster session by our team from MRC and Carbon-Ukraine about MXene synthesis and applications:
Iryna Roslyk, Ivan Baginskiy, Serhii Dukhnovskyi, Veronika Kaurkovska, Margaryta Potashna, Veronika Zahorodna, Stefano Ippolito, Oleksiy Gogotsi, Yury Gogotsi. Highly porous Ti3AlC2 MAX-phase synthesis for MXene with enhanced properties. The 3rd International MXene Conference at Drexel University, Philadelphia, August 5-7, 2024
Kateryna Diedkova, Yevheniia Husak, Wojciech Simka, Viktoriia Korniienko, Bojan Petrovi5, Anton Roshchupkin, Agnieszka Stolarczyk, Natalia Waloszczyk, Ilya Yanko, Kaspars Jekabsons, Maria Čaplovičová, Alexander D. Pogrebnjak, Veronika Zahorodna, Serhii Dukhnovskiy, Iryna Roslyk, Ivan Baginskiy, Marko Radovic, Sanja Kojic, Una Riekstina, Oleksiy Gogotsi, Maksym Pogorielov. Novel PCL-MXene patches for effective cardiac tissue regeneration. The 3rd International MXene Conference at Drexel University, Philadelphia, August 5-7, 2024, Book of Abstracts.
Dr. 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.
Together 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.
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.
MX-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. 
CanbioSe Project Meeting and Project Workshop was held at European Institute of Membranes (IEM), University of Montpellier, France on September 26-27, 2023. The workshop was focused on the theme of "Commercializing Biosensors, Intellectual Property, and Knowledge Transfer from Academia to Industry.
Dr. Oleksiy Gogotsi and Veronika Zahorodna visited IEEE NAP 2023 conference held in Bratislava on September 10-15, 2023. The prime focus of the IEEE NAP-2023 was on nanoscale materials with emphasis on interdisciplinary research exploring and exploiting their unique physical and chemical proprieties for practical applications.
Director of MRC and Carbon-Ukraine Dr. Oleksiy Gogotsi visited CEST labs in Wiener Neustadt (Low Energy Ion Scattering, Batteries development) and TU Vienna (ELSA, SFA). He meet with Dr. Pierluigi Bilotto, Dr. Chriatian Pichler and their colleagues, discussing novel materials and r&d activities for new technologies.
MX-MAP Session was held during the YUCOMAT Conference 2023 titled: "Towards MXenes’ biomedical applications by high-dimensional immune MAPping", HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SE-01 project MX-MAP.
CANBIOSE project participants from MRC Dr. Oleksiy Gogotsi and Veronika Zahorodna performed secondment visit to project partner organization European Institute of Membranes in Montpellier (France) on August -September 2023.