Handbook of Functionalized Nanostructured MXenes

Introduction to MXenes.- Structural design, properties and synthesis of original MXenes.- Structural design and synthesis of elemental doped MXenes and MXenes based Composites.- Functionalized MXene based polymer composites.- Fabrication and structural design of MXene based hydrogels.- Emerging trends for supercapacitors.- Recent advancement in Lithium ion batteries.- MXene based Sodium ion batteries.- Design and applications of MXene based Li-S ion batteries.- Functionalized MXene films for energy storage applications.- Developments in MXene composites for thermal energy storage.- Nanostructured MXenes for hydrogen storage for energy applications.- Generation and conversion of Energy through MXene based electrodes.- Diverse applications of MXene composites for electrochemical energy storage.- Potential of Nanoengineered MXenes in photocatalysis.- Insight into promising role of MXene composites in electrocatalysis.- Promising applications of MXenes in optoelectronic device.- Efficacy of MXene based materials in Removal of gases.- Environmental remediation of heavy metals through MXene composites.- Advanced approach of MXene based materials in Removal of radionuclides.- Potential role of MXene based materials in mitigation of organic contaminants.- Functionalized MXene conjugates in removal of Pharmaceutical based pollutants.- Potential mitigation of dyes through MXene composites.- Applications of MXene based materials in gas sensing.- Recent advances in MXene based electrochemical sensors pollutants.- Biosensing applications of MXene composites.- Diverse applications of MXene composites in optical sensing.- Miscellaneous Applications of other MXene based sensors.- Toxicology, stability, and environmental impacts of MXenes.- Challenges and future prospective of MXenes.

Dr. Komal Rizwan is Assistant Professor in Chemistry Department-Faculty of Science University of Sahiwal, Pakistan. She earned Ph.D. in chemistry from Government college University Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2016 and also carried out PhD research work at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States. Currently, She is working as postdoctoral fellow at Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Dr. Komal Rizwan is author of more than 100 research publications printed in world's leading scientific societies and she is also serving as corresponding editor of many books of springer and Elsevier. Her research group is interested to synthesize molecules that possess interesting functions including biological activity (natural products, drugs, drug-like compounds, etc.) or materials with useful properties, where she develop tools to perform efficient synthetic transformations in the creation of novel moleculararchitectures of medicinal or industrial relevance. In a nutshell, her interests are broadly in the area of synthetic organic chemistry, with a particular focus in the synthesis of bioactive natural products and novel molecular architectures (nanomaterials). Dr. Rizwan's research group is also focusing on synthesis of nonlinear optical compounds, and computational part of her laboratory contributes to a fundamental understanding of the electronic structure and properties of nonlinear optical materials that are being considered in the design of electro-optics.




Dr. Anish Khan is currently working as Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and has Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University, India, from 2010. He has a research experience of working in the field of synthetic polymers and organic-inorganic electrically conducting nano-composites.