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MXenes

MXenes is the plural of MXene.

Meaning of MXene

Noun

MXene (plural MXenes)

  1. (materials science) Any of a class of inorganic compounds with the general formula Mₙ₊₁Xₙ (where M is an early transition metal and X is carbon or nitrogen), characterized by a layered structure.
    • Here, we report the extraction of the Al from Ti₃AlC₂ and formation of a new of 2D material that we propose to call "MXene" to emphasize its graphene-like morphology.[2011, Michael Naguib, Murat Kurtoglu, Volker Presser, Jun Lu, Junjie Niu, Min Heon, Lars Hultman, Yury Gogotsi, Michel W. Barsoum, “Two-Dimensional Nanocrystals Produced by Exfoliation of Ti₃AlC₂”...

Questions about MXenes

What is MXenes the plural of?
MXenes is the plural of MXene.

Words near MXenes in the dictionary

  1. MX
  2. Mx.
  3. mxd
  4. mxd.
  5. MXene
  6. MXenes
  7. Mxes.
  8. MXGP
  9. MXGPs
  10. MXML
  11. mxn

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