MXenes for Gas and Biological Sensor
Sze-Mun Lam, Zeeshan Haider Jaffari, Yit-Thai Ong, Jin-Chung Sin, Hua Lin, Haixiang Li, Honghu Zeng
Recent advancement of two dimensional MXene nanomaterial offers promise in gases and biosensor areas owing to its large surface area, high thermal conductivity, remarkable safety and excellent catalytic activity traits. The current chapter aimed to review the fundamental and technological aspects of MXenes, including myriad synthesis techniques and structural as well as electronic characteristics of these compounds. The features elucidated in the subsequent sections, examined by both theoretical and experimental approaches and potentialities of MXenes in the gas removal and biosensor applications. Several challenges and exciting future opportunities of this research platform are lastly summarized.
Keywords
MXene, Two-dimensional, Gas, Environmental, Biosensor
Published online 12/20/2020, 32 pages
Citation: Sze-Mun Lam, Zeeshan Haider Jaffari, Yit-Thai Ong, Jin-Chung Sin, Hua Lin, Haixiang Li, Honghu Zeng, MXenes for Gas and Biological Sensor, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 92, pp 107-138, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644901175-4
Part of the book on Toxic Gas Sensors and Biosensors
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