MXene-Based Hybrid Nano-Architectures for Environmental Remediation and Sensor Applications

Dr. Ram Gupta is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University. He is the Director of Research at the National Institute for Materials Advancement (NIMA). Dr. Gupta has been recently named by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of research scientists worldwide. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research spans a range of subjects critical to current and future societal needs including: semiconducting materials & devices, biopolymers, flame-retardant polymers, green energy production & storage using nanostructured materials & conducting polymers, electrocatalysts, optoelectronics & photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Muhammad Bilal is an associate professor at the Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland. He has published more than 350 research papers in leading international journals and also serves as an Associate Editor for several of these journals. Hafiz M.N. Iqbal is a Research Professor in the School of Engineering and Sciences at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. His areas of research are biomaterials, bioengineering, biomedical engineering, environmental engineering, bioremediation, bio-catalysis, enzymes, immobilization, chemical engineering, green chemistry, algal biotechnology, and bioenergy. Tuan Anh Nguyen is Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. His research focuses on advanced nanomaterials and nanotechnology for corrosion and materials integrity in transportation systems. His research activities include smart coatings, conducting polymers, corrosion and protection of metals/concrete, antibacterial materials, and advanced nanomaterials.

Section 1: MXenes in environmental applications

1. MXene-based hybrid nanoarchitectures: an introduction
2. Synthesis of element-doped MXenes and MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials
3. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials for sequestration of radionuclides and toxic ions
4. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials for efficient removal of toxic heavy metals
5. MXene-based nanomaterials for anticorrosion applications
6. MXene-based nanomaterials to remove toxic heavy metals
7. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials for the removal of pharmaceutical-based pollutants
8. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials in photocatalysis
9. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials to remove toxic metals
10. MXenes for removal of pharmaceutical compounds from wastewater
11. MXenes for CO2 reduction: a promising choice
12. Removal of inorganic pollutants using MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials

Section 2: Mxenes in sensing applications

13. MXenes for sensors
14. MXenes based hybrid electrochemical sensors for cancer diagnostics
15. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials for gas sensing applications
16. MXene-based hybrid biosensors
17. MXene-based electrochemical sensors
18. MXene-based hybrid nanostructures for strain sensors
19. Mxenes-based hybrid electrochemical sensors

Section 3: Mxenes in energy application

20. MXene for green energy: an introduction
21. MXene-based electrodes for hybrid supercapacitor devices
22. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials for nitrogen reduction reaction
23. Challenges and future prospects of MXenes