• Understanding Orderly and Disorderly Behavior in 2D Nanomaterials Could Enable Bespoke Design, Tailored by AI

    September 05, 2025

    Since their discovery at Drexel University in 2011, MXenes — a family of nanomaterials with unique properties of durability, conductivity and filtration, among many others — has become the largest known and fastest growing family of two-dimensional nanomaterials, with more than 50 unique MXene materials discovered to date. Experimentally synthesizing them and testing the physical properties of each material has been the labor of tens of thousands of scientists from more than 100 countries. But a recent discovery by a multi-university collaboration of researchers, led by Drexel University researcher Yury Gogotsi, PhD, and Drexel alumnus Babak Anasori, PhD, who is now an associate professor at Purdue University, that sheds light on the thermodynamics undergirding the materials’ unique structure and behavior, could be the key to supercharging this endeavor with artificial intelligence technology. The discovery was recently reported in the journal Science.

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  • Drexel Study Delivers Practical Design Tools for UV Disinfection

    September 02, 2025

    The study centers around 222 nanometer far-UVC, a type of ultraviolet light with germicidal properties that is often used in ceiling-mounted fixtures to disinfect air and surfaces in occupied spaces.

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