Month: May 2023

  • MXenes – Ambition Can’t Wait Campaign

    MXenes – Ambition Can’t Wait Campaign

    Discovered at Drexel University in 2011 and the cornerstone of DNI research, MXenes are the new focus of Drexel’s Ambition Can’t Wait campaign!  MXenes are a family of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, carbonitrides and nitrides that are conductive, durable, impermeable to electromagnetic radiation, show promise in sensors, exhibit super-supercapacitance and MORE. These nanoflakes can…

  • Gogotsi Interview in MRS-Serbia May 2023 Newsletter

    Gogotsi Interview in MRS-Serbia May 2023 Newsletter

    Yury Gogotsi gave an interview in the MRS Serbia May Newsletter about the YUCOMAT’s past, the future, and the upcoming YUCOMAT 2023 conference that you can read on the MRS-Serbia website. Link to interview: https://mrs-serbia.org.rs/index.php/interview-with-yury-gogotsi

  • Extended! Submit your Abstract for the YUCOMAT through May 31!

    Extended! Submit your Abstract for the YUCOMAT through May 31!

    Please submit your abstracts on MXenes and other frontier materials, and join us in sunny Herzeg Novi. The conference is very affordable and the quality of science is excellent. The deadline to submit abstracts has been extended through May 31, 2023.  Link to conference abstract submission details: https://mrs-serbia.org.rs/index.php/general-information-2023/abstract-instructions-2023  

  • This week Yury Gogotsi and DNI PhD candidate Kyle Matthews traveled to South Korea

    This week Yury Gogotsi and DNI PhD candidate Kyle Matthews traveled to South Korea

    First, they had a great visit to KIST and Yury delivered a seminar to a packed room. There are about 20 people working on MXenes at KIST, covering topics from the synthesis of MAX and #MXene to surface modifications, composites, electrocatalysis (H2, ORR, CO2, NH3), hydrogen storage, and EMI shielding. Many thanks to their host…

  • Pay to publish? Open access publishing from the viewpoint of a scientist and editor

    Pay to publish? Open access publishing from the viewpoint of a scientist and editor

    Recently published in Graphene and 2D Materials, Yury Gogotsi’s latest opinion piece looks at pay to publish practices and what that might mean for the sharing of scientific information. Read more here.

  • Two former DNI visiting researchers have successfully defended their PhD theses

    Two former DNI visiting researchers have successfully defended their PhD theses

    A big congratulations to Dr. Amanda Sfeir on the defense of her thesis, “Towards the Development of Novel Mo-based Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesis” at the University of Lille in Lille, France and Dr. Pol Sallés Peramon on the defense of his thesis, “Unfolding the challenges to prepare epitaxial complex oxide membranes by chemical methods” at…

  • Professor Gogotsi Ranked 8th in the US and 12th in the World in Materials Science Research

    Professor Gogotsi Ranked 8th in the US and 12th in the World in Materials Science Research

    Research.com recently released the 2023 Edition of their Ranking of Top Scientists in the field of Materials Science. Yury Gogotsi ranks 12th in the World and 8th in the United States in Materials Science research! He will also be honored with the Materials Science Leader Award for 2023!  Read more here: https://research.com/scientists-rankings/materials-science