Progress in research and development on MAX phases: a family of layered ternary compounds

ZM Sun - International Materials Reviews, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The MAX phases are a group of layered ternary compounds with the general formula Mn+
1AXn (M: early transition metal; A: group A element; X: C and/or N; n= 1–3), which combine …

The Mn+ 1AXn phases: Materials science and thin-film processing

P Eklund, M Beckers, U Jansson, H Högberg… - Thin Solid Films, 2010 - Elsevier
This article is a critical review of the Mn+ 1AXn phases (“MAX phases”, where n= 1, 2, or 3)
from a materials science perspective. MAX phases are a class of hexagonal-structure …

Transparent conductive two-dimensional titanium carbide epitaxial thin films

J Halim, MR Lukatskaya, KM Cook, J Lu… - Chemistry of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Since the discovery of graphene, the quest for two-dimensional (2D) materials has
intensified greatly. Recently, a new family of 2D transition metal carbides and carbonitrides …

Atomically resolved structural and chemical investigation of single MXene sheets

LH Karlsson, J Birch, J Halim, MW Barsoum… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials depend strongly on the chemical and
electrochemical activity of their surfaces. MXene, one of the most recent additions to 2D …

Microstructural design of hard coatings

PH Mayrhofer, C Mitterer, L Hultman… - Progress in materials …, 2006 - Elsevier
Microstructural design has attracted increasing interest in modern development of hard
coatings for wear-resistant applications. In plasma-assisted vapor deposited thin films, the …

Mxenes for membrane separation: from fabrication strategies to advanced applications

Z Huang, DL Zhao, L Shen, H Lin, C Chen, Y Xu, B Li… - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Transition metal carbides/nitrides/carbonitrides, commonly referred to as MXenes, have
gained widespread attention since their discovery in 2011 as a promising family of two …

Recent progress in theoretical prediction, preparation, and characterization of layered ternary transition-metal carbides

J Wang, Y Zhou - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Layered ternary carbides contain alternative stacking of structural slabs in the unit cells.
Many mechanical and structural features are inherited with respect to their binary carbide …

Low-dimensional SiC nanostructures: fabrication, luminescence, and electrical properties

JY Fan, XL Wu, PK Chu - Progress in materials science, 2006 - Elsevier
Nanostructured silicon carbide has unique properties that make it useful in microelectronics,
optoelectronics, and biomedical engineering. In this paper, the fabrication methods as well …

Magnetron sputtered titanium carbide-based coatings: A review of science and technology

H Larhlimi, A Ghailane, M Makha, J Alami - Vacuum, 2022 - Elsevier
Titanium carbide (TiC) coatings are widely used in several industrial applications, including
tooling and tribological applications. These materials are used due to their mechanical …

Thermal stability of Ti3SiC2 thin films

J Emmerlich, D Music, P Eklund, O Wilhelmsson… - Acta Materialia, 2007 - Elsevier
The thermal stability of Ti3SiC2 (0001) thin films is studied by in situ X-ray diffraction
analysis during vacuum furnace annealing in combination with X-ray photoelectron …