On the formation mechanisms and properties of MAX phases: A review

Z Zhang, X Duan, D Jia, Y Zhou… - Journal of the European …, 2021 - Elsevier
MAX phases are a family of ternary carbide or nitride ceramics possessing a layered crystal
structure and, due to their chemical bonds having a mixed covalent-ionic-metallic nature …

i‐MXenes for Energy Storage and Catalysis

B Ahmed, AE Ghazaly, J Rosen - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In 2017, a new family of in‐plane, chemically‐ordered quaternary MAX phases, coined i‐
MAX, has been reported since 2017. The first i‐MAX phase,(Mo2/3Sc1/3) 2AlC, garnered …

Magnetism in two-dimensional materials beyond graphene

N Sethulakshmi, A Mishra, PM Ajayan, Y Kawazoe… - Materials today, 2019 - Elsevier
Magnetic materials enjoy an envious position in the area of data storage, electronics, and
even in biomedical field. This review provides an overview of low-dimensional magnetism in …

Pressure effects on the structural, elastic, magnetic and thermodynamic properties of Mn2AlC and Mn2SiC MAX phases

A Azzouz-Rached, MA Hadi, H Rached, T Hadji… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The inherent properties of MAX phases have made them candidate materials for various
technological applications. From this perspective, the present article reports the results of a …

[HTML][HTML] The stability analysis and efficiency of the new MAX-phase compounds M3GaC2 (M: Ti or Zr): A first-principles assessment

AA Belkacem, H Rached, M Caid, Y Rached… - Results in Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
The primary goal of this work is to provide a DFT investigation report on the stability and
mechanical, electronic, and thermal properties of the new MAX-phase compounds M 3 GaC …

The modern problems of ultrafast magnetoacoustics

VS Vlasov, AV Golov, LN Kotov, VI Shcheglov… - Acoustical …, 2022 - Springer
A review of modern lines of research in the field of ultrafast magnetoacoustics is presented.
Effects of interaction of ultrashort (picosecond) acoustic pulses with a magnetic subsystem of …

Synthesis of atomically layered and chemically ordered rare-earth (RE) i-MAX phases; (Mo2/3RE1/3)2GaC with RE = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu

A Petruhins, J Lu, L Hultman, J Rosen - Materials Research Letters, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We report the synthesis of eight new members of the i-MAX family, of the formula
(Mo2/3RE1/3) 2GaC, where RE= Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Lu, and Yb, the latter not previously …

Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of the New Solid-Solution (V1–xCrx)2GaC (0 ≤ x ≤ 1), a Pauli Paramagnet Almost Matching the Stoner Criterion for x = 0.80

N Kubitza, R Xie, I Tarasov, C Shen, H Zhang… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
MAX phases that exhibit long-range magnetic order in the bulk are still very hard to
synthesize. Chromium and manganese are the cutoff elements when transitioning through …

Review of strategies toward the development of alloy two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides

AK Singh, P Kumbhakar, A Krishnamoorthy, A Nakano… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have
attracted significant attention owing to their prosperity in material research. The inimitable …

Phase stability and physical properties of (Zr1-xNbx) 2AlC MAX phases

MA Hadi, U Monira, A Chroneos, SH Naqib… - Journal of Physics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to investigate the
key structural, elastic, mechanical, thermal, and electronic properties of the MAX phases of …