Last 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!
This special symposium is devoted to the synthesis, properties, and applications of MXenes, a class of two-dimensional nanomaterials with exceptional versatility and tunability. MXenes have garnered significant attention due to their unique combination of metallic conductivity, hydrophilicity, and surface chemistry, enabling their use across a broad spectrum of disciplines. This session will explore the fundamental understanding of MXene structure-property relationships, as well as their integration into functional systems. Detailed info can be found following the link: https://ieeenap.org/symposium/
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Main Topics: 1. Fundamental Properties and Synthesis; |
Symposium Plenary Speakers
Plus, meet 50+ invited speakers from across the globe! Submit your contribution now: 
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Let’s shape the future of MXenes — together!
Symposium Organizers
Prof. Maksym Pogorielov (Chair), University of Latvia, Latvia; Sumy State University, Ukraine
Dr. Oleksiy Gogotsi (Co-Chair), Materials Research Center/Carbon-Ukraine (Y-Carbon ltd.), Kyiv, Ukraine
Prof. Ana Maria Primo Arnau (Co-Chair), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Dr. José R. B. Gomes (Co-Chair), CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Prof. Michael Naguib (Co-Chair), Tulane University, USA
Prof. Babak Anasori (Co-Chair), Purdue University, USA
Dr. Kateryna Diedkova (University of Latvia, Latvia) and Veronika Zahorodna (Carbon Ukraine, Ukraine) – General Secretaries
Dr. Sergiy Kyrylenko (Sumy State University, Ukraine) – Program Chair
Dr. Volodymyr Deineka (University of Latvia, Latvia) – Publication Chair
Dr. Viktoriia Korniienko (University of Latvia, Latvia) – Grant Chair
Pavlo Shubin (University of Latvia, Latvia) – IT support
Ilia Yanko and Anton Roshchupkin (Sumy State University, Ukraine) – Graphical design
Submission & Review Process
Abstracts and manuscripts should be submitted online at https://submission.ieeenap.org. Abstracts can be submitted till May 01, 2025, and the manuscript submission deadline is May 25, 2025. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings and will be published online at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org.
MXenes potential applications include sensors, wound healing materials, and drug delivery systems. A recent study explored how different synthesis methods affect the safety and performance of MXenes. By comparing etching conditions and intercalation strategies, researchers discovered that fine-tuning the surface chemistry of MXenes plays a crucial role in improving biocompatibility. These results provide practical guidelines for developing safer MXenes and bring the field one step closer to real biomedical applications.
Exellent news, our joint patent application with Drexel University on highly porous MAX phase precursor for MXene synthesis published. Congratulations and thanks to all team involved!
We 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.
Congratulations 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.
Congratulations to all collaborators with this interesting joint work!
Thank 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
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.
MRC 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. 
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.
