This book covers the various aspects of MXenes nanomaterials and its composites from the fabrication to the potential applications in energy devices, sensors, and environmental remediation. MXenes are two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides and nitrides which contains novel combination of properties including great conductivity and mechanical, thermal features of transition metal carbide and nitrides. In addition, MXenes nanomaterials possess high surface area, novel morphology, and layered structure and the functionalized of its surfaces gives it excellent hydrophilic characteristics and high absorption of electromagnetic radiations making them versatile materials for various applications. The beginning part of the book gives an in-depth literature covering the fundamental principles, fabrication, self-assembling strategies of nano-engineered MXenes, and their composites materials. The later chapters describe the chemical functionalization of MXenes nanomaterials for diversified applications such as electromagnetic shielding, energy storage devices (super capacitors, lithium ion batteries, CO2 capture, optical switching, transistors), photo catalysis, drug delivery, implants, tissue engineering, water purification, and sensing applications. It demonstrates that MXene-based advanced architectures promote continuous innovations and provide driving force in different fields particularly in environmental remediation and energy storage devices. This book is essential reading for all chemists, biologists, physicists, and environmental scientists working in the field of nanotechnology, energy, and environmental chemistry. It helps academics and professionals to polish their knowledge with the latest described data. It also helps professionals in developing innovative technologies by keeping in mind the applications of functionalized nanostructured 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. Hecompleted Postdoctoral from School of Chemical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia (USM), in electroanalytical chemistry in 2010-2011. He has research and teaching experience of more than 250 research articles published in refereed international journal, more than 20 international conferences/ workshop and 40 books published and 20 in progress and 70 chapters. He has around 20 research projects completed. He is Managerial Editor of Chemical and Environmental Research (CER) Journal and Member of American Nano Society. His field of specialization is polymer nanocomposite/cation-exchanger/chemical sensor/microbiosensor/ nanotechnology, application of nanomaterials in electroanalytical chemistry, material chemistry, ion-exchange chromatography, and electroanalytical chemistry, dealing with the synthesis, characterization (using different analytical techniques), and derivatization of inorganic ion-exchanger by the incorporation of electrically conducting polymers, preparation and characterization of hybrid nanocomposite materials and their applications, polymeric inorganic cation-exchange materials, electrically conducting polymeric, materials, composite material use as sensors, green chemistry by remediation of pollution, heavy metal ion selective membrane electrode, and biosensor on neurotransmitter.
Prof. Abdullah Mohammed Ahmed Asiri is Professor in Chemistry Department--Faculty of Science--King Abdulaziz University. He has Ph.D. (1995) from University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK, on tribochromic compounds and their applications. He is Chairman of the Chemistry Department, King Abdulaziz University, currently and also Director of the Center of Excellence for advanced Materials Research. He is Director of Education Affair Unit-Deanship of Community services and Member of Advisory Committee for advancing materials (National Technology Plan, King Abdul Aziz City of Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). His area of interestincludes color chemistry, synthesis of novel photochromic and thermochromic systems, synthesis of novel colorants and coloration of textiles and plastics, molecular modeling, applications of organic materials into optics such as OEDS, high performance organic dyes and pigments, new applications of organic photochromic compounds in new novelty, organic synthesis of heterocyclic compounds as precursor for dyes, synthesis of polymers functionalized with organic dyes, preparation of some coating formulations for different applications, and photodynamic thereby using organic dyes and Pigments Virtual Labs and Experimental Simulations. He is Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, Journal of King Abdul Aziz University, Pigment and Resin Technology Journal, Organic Chemistry Insights, Libertas Academica, Recent Patents on Materials Science, and Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. Besides that he has professional membership of International and National Society and Professional bodies.
Dr. Komal Rizwan 是巴基斯坦薩希瓦爾大學科學院化學系的助理教授。她於2016年在巴基斯坦法伊薩拉巴德政府大學獲得化學博士學位，並在美國賓夕法尼亞大學進行博士研究。目前，她在美國賓夕法尼亞大學佩雷爾曼醫學院生物化學與生物物理系擔任博士後研究員。Dr. Komal Rizwan 擁有超過100篇在全球領先科學學會發表的研究論文，並擔任多本Springer和Elsevier書籍的通訊編輯。她的研究團隊專注於合成具有有趣功能的分子，包括生物活性（天然產物、藥物、類藥物化合物等）或具有有用特性的材料，並開發工具以在創造具有醫療或工業相關性的全新分子結構中進行高效的合成轉化。簡而言之，她的研究興趣廣泛涵蓋合成有機化學，特別專注於生物活性天然產物和新型分子結構（納米材料）的合成。Dr. Rizwan 的研究團隊還專注於非線性光學化合物的合成，而她實驗室的計算部分則有助於對非線性光學材料的電子結構和性質進行基本理解，這些材料正在考慮用於電光設計。
Dr. Anish Khan 目前在沙烏地阿拉伯吉達的阿卜杜勒阿齊茲國王大學科學院高級材料研究中心（CEAMR）擔任化學系助理教授，並於2010年獲得印度阿利格爾穆斯林大學的博士學位。他在合成聚合物和有機-無機電導納米複合材料領域擁有研究經驗。他於2010至2011年在馬來西亞科學大學化學科學學院完成博士後研究，專注於電分析化學。他擁有超過250篇在國際期刊上發表的研究文章的研究和教學經驗，參加過20多場國際會議/研討會，出版了40本書籍，另有20本正在進行中，並撰寫了70章。他已完成約20個研究項目。他是《化學與環境研究》（CER）期刊的管理編輯，並且是美國納米學會的成員。他的專業領域包括聚合物納米複合材料/陽離子交換劑/化學傳感器/微生物傳感器/納米技術，納米材料在電分析化學、材料化學、離子交換色譜和電分析化學中的應用，涉及合成、表徵（使用不同的分析技術）和通過引入電導聚合物來改性無機陽離子交換劑，混合納米複合材料的製備和表徵及其應用，聚合物無機陽離子交換材料，電導聚合物材料，作為傳感器的複合材料，通過污染修復實現綠色化學，重金屬離子選擇性膜電極，以及神經傳遞物質的生物傳感器。
阿卜杜拉·穆罕默德·艾哈邁德·阿西里教授是阿卜杜勒阿齊茲國王大學科學院化學系的教授。他於1995年在英國威爾士大學卡迪夫學院獲得博士學位，研究主題為摩擦色變化合物及其應用。他目前擔任阿卜杜勒阿齊茲國王大學化學系主任，並且是高級材料研究中心的主任。他還是社區服務學院教育事務單位的主任，以及沙烏地阿拉伯利雅德國王阿卜杜勒阿齊茲科技城國家技術計畫的材料推進顧問委員會成員。他的研究興趣包括...
