{"id":105463,"date":"2026-01-17T12:10:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/?page_id=105463"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:36:03","slug":"mx-innovation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/mx-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"MX-INNOVATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"105463\" class=\"elementor elementor-105463\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b6143f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b6143f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/mx-innovation\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MX_Innovation_logo.png?fit=604%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-105614\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MX_Innovation_logo.png?w=604&amp;ssl=1 604w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MX_Innovation_logo.png?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MX_Innovation_logo.png?resize=150%2C37&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a68feb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a68feb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-652c55c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"652c55c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d85560\" data-id=\"2d85560\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f59a5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f59a5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scaling MXene Technology for Water and Healthcare<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f219616 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f219616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Through an award from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ku.ac.ae\/\">Khalifa University\u2019s<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Research and Innovation Center for Graphene and 2D Materials (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ric2d.com\/\">RIC2D<\/a><\/strong><\/span>), Drexel University\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/\">A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is leading an international consortium of partners from Khalifa University, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipd.it\/en\/university-padua\">University of Padua<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carbon.org.ua\/\">Carbon Ukraine<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to develop new methodologies for MXene production.<\/span><\/p><p>This three-year international project, one of three under RIC2D\u2019s inaugural call, aims to establish and scale up the industrial production of MXenes, a rapidly growing family of two-dimensional materials beyond graphene. The project will focus on two critically important applications: water desalination and advanced biomedical analysis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3289d9f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3289d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-850f830 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"850f830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;Exploring these MXene applications at a greater scale will certainly expand the capabilities of this family of materials and offer vital opportunities to people in need of more drinking water, and cell components tracking for crucial clinical research and medical diagnostics.&#8221;<\/em> \u2013 Professor Yury Gogotsi.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d9c773 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7d9c773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3551b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e3551b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RIC_2D_TEAM.png?resize=1536%2C1302&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RIC_2D_TEAM.png?resize=2048%2C1736&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0f9c27 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0f9c27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><em><a href=\"https:\/\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/mx-innovation-meet-the-team\/\"><strong>Meet our team\u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-626f733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"626f733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f966e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f966e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advancing Solutions in Critical Global Needs<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1b572b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1b572b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Water desalination and biomedical applications are among the fields in which MXenes have shown great promise. This study is focused on two key areas:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Water Desalination:<\/strong> Developing tailored 2D materials to produce <em>drinking water from high-salinity seawater<\/em> from the Arabian Gulf or brackish water.<\/li><li><strong>Advanced Biomedical Analysis:<\/strong> Supporting clinical research through <em>\u2018Cytometry by Time-of-Flight\u2019<\/em>, a disruptive technology already replacing flow cytometry in clinical settings, by developing MXene-based nanotags for cell tracking.<\/li><\/ul><p>For MX-Innovation, the aim is to develop production methodologies for these specific purposes, whilst paving the way to producing <b>MXenes at a commercial scale<\/b>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d40a83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6d40a83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629b285 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"629b285\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vision and Impact<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f9b60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"57f9b60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9221\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9221\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What are MXenes?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9221\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9221\"><p>MXenes offer more than a thousand potential stoichiometric compositions and an infinite number of solid solutions, becoming the fastest-growing family of 2D materials beyond graphene. Thanks to their outstanding physicochemical properties, they have attracted academic and industrial interest, being evaluated for a variety of applications, from energy storage, catalysis, and biomedicine to communications and sensing.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9222\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9222\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Addressing the Manufacturing Bottleneck<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9222\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9222\"><p>Despite the increasing demand for large quantities of MXenes, there are no companies selling inexpensive, high-quality MXenes in commercial quantities to meet the demands of this emerging market. MXene commercial availability will enable their widespread use for industrial applications and academic research worldwide. The MX-INNOVATION project will develop methodologies to establish and scale up manufacturing of MXenes in the UAE and explore their use in two important applications.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9223\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9223\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Application Focus<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9223\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9223\"><p><strong>Water Desalination:<\/strong><\/p><p>MXenes will be used as electrodes for Hybrid Capacitive Deionization (HCDI) of brackish waters and potentially seawater. A pilot-level HCDI device with an increased salt removal capacity will be developed and water desalination will be demonstrated.&#8221;<\/p><p><strong>Biomedical Analysis:<\/strong><\/p><p>MX-INNOVATION will exploit the versatile chemistry of MXenes enabling their detection by single-cell mass cytometry (CyTOF), a groundbreaking platform that is already replacing fluorescent-based cell tracking systems worldwide in clinical settings. By developing a variety of MXene nanotags for biolabeling in vitro and in vivo, we will revolutionize current tracking methods and bioimaging systems.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9224\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9224\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Project Details<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9224\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9224\"><p><b>Funding Program: <\/b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">RIC2D Research Innovation Award (2022)<\/span><\/p><p><b>Project Reference:\u00a0 <\/b>OC077<\/p><p><b>Date Approved: <\/b>25th October, 2023<\/p><p><b>Revised Date: <\/b>21 May 2025 (Following AU withdrawal)<\/p><p><b>Project Document: <\/b>Schedule 1: Finalized Scope of Work<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3259b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c3259b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bcae74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bcae74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">International Research Partners<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49f81c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49f81c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The project, supported by an award from <a href=\"https:\/\/ric2d.com\/\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RIC2D<\/span><\/b><\/a>, brings together a world-class team of researchers from four institutions across the globe:<\/p><ul><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute<\/b> <\/span>(Drexel University, USA)<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ku.ac.ae\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Khalifa University<\/strong><\/span> (UAE)<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipd.it\/en\/university-padua\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>University of Padua<\/b><\/span> (Italy)<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/carbon.org.ua\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Carbon-Ukraine<\/b><\/span> (Ukraine)<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77641d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77641d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/univeristies.png?fit=1024%2C472&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-105465\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/univeristies.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/univeristies.png?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/univeristies.png?resize=1024%2C472&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/univeristies.png?resize=150%2C69&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/research.coe.drexel.edu\/mse\/nanomaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/univeristies.png?resize=768%2C354&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49dec11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"49dec11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scaling MXene Technology for Water and Healthcare Through an award from Khalifa University\u2019s Research and Innovation Center for Graphene and 2D Materials (RIC2D), Drexel University\u2019s A.J. 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