We are shouting a huge congratulations to DNI undergraduate lab assistant, Marley Downes, who was named a 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholar! The Barry Goldwater Scholarship & Excellence in Education Foundation presents the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering in America. Supported by her mentors, Christopher Shuck, Yury Gogotsi, and Ph.D.…

A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute team (Meikang Han, Danzhen Zhang, Christopher Shuck, Tetiana Hryhorchuk, Teng Zhang, Lingyi (Elaine) Bi, Akash Singh, Bernard McBride and Vivek Shenoy) published the first analysis of infrared properties of a wide range of MXenes in Materials Today.  Read more the paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702123000445?dgcid=author  Read the press release here: https://drexel.edu/news/archive/2023/March/MXene-infrared-thermal-paint 

On March 16th Drexel University posted a press release on our work around a new method for chemically tailoring layered nanomaterials to open new pathways for designing 2D materials on demand. This work was then featured in Phys Org and The Science Times!  Drexel Press Release: https://drexel.edu/news/archive/2023/March/chemical-scissors-MXene-MAX-phases?fbclid=IwAR3ghTUpQqOmSicPIi6YxG2fC3jt6HMQ2JdInouLo7KBlmAU8ApkKIrAzD4#.ZBXx2h7xmGA.facebook  Phys Org: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/42856/20230317/new-chemical-scissor-cut-stitch-layered-2d-nanomaterials-design-future.htm  The Science Times: https://phys.org/news/2023-03-method-chemically-tailoring-layered-nanomaterials.html 

Drexel University was ranked #29 globally in for Materials Science and #9 nationally in the U.S. News and World Report! Drexel is also ranked #39 globally for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology as well as #40 in the world in Physical Chemistry to which our work in electrochemistry contributes.

Our work on MXenes for tunable EMI shielding was featured again in Electronic Design in an article titled, “Spray-On Coating Provides EMI Shielding that Easily Switches On/Off”.  Read the article here: https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/industrial/article/21262043/electronic-design-sprayon-coating-provides-emi-shielding-that-easily-switches-onoff 

Our paper in the latest issue of Science describes a new process that lets scientists chemically cut apart and stitch together atomic layers in layered and two-dimensional materials. This work, done by research teams from NIMTE, Linköping University, and Drexel Nanomaterials Institute opens tremendous new opportunities for atomistic design of new materials.  Read more here:…

Free registration is open for the 2D MXenes webinar presented by the Materials Research Society on March 22 from 12:00PM-1:30PM ET. Speakers include Qing Huang, Flavia Vitale, Yury Gogotsi, Husam Alshareef, and Agnieszka Jastrzebska. The event is hosted by Babak Anasori and Michael Naguib.  Register here: https://mrs.digitellinc.com/mrs/live/1284/page/6794 

Friday, March 24, Friday, 3/24, at 8am ET catch an exciting iCANX Talk with speaker Patrice Simon called “Electrochemistry at the nanoscale: applications to materials for energy storage”. Panelists include Hui-Ming Cheng, Yury Gogotsi, Haixia Zhang, and Jianmin Li with moderator Paolo Samori. 

One of the most selective Cell Press journals, Joule, published unsolicited coverage of our work.  Read more: https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(23)00078-8 

DNI and Drexel Materials alumna, Kathleen Maleski-Yadeski, has been selected as one of Drexel’s 40 Under 40 for 2023!  Kathleen was and is an integral part of MXene research, with 50 co-authored peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Chemistry of Materials and Advanced Optical Materials.  Kathleen now works for General Electric as a lead scientist. …