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 working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Previously, he served as an assistant/associate Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, and the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in bioengineering and applied biotechnology. His main research activities are oriented to Environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications, and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, liquid, and solid waste management. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books. Dr. Bilal is the associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers), and an editorial board member for several journals. He was listed as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) in 2021 and holds several "highly cited papers" in WOS. 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 a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience.

• Section 1: MXenes in environmental applications1. MXene-based hybrid nanoarchitectures: an introduction2. Synthesis of element-doped MXenes and MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials3. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials for sequestration of radionuclides and toxic ions4. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials for efficient removal of toxic heavy metals5. MXene-based nanomaterials for anticorrosion applications6. MXene-based nanomaterials to remove toxic heavy metals7. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials for the removal of pharmaceutical-based pollutants8. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials in photocatalysis9. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials to remove toxic metals10. MXenes for removal of pharmaceutical compounds from wastewater11. MXenes for CO2 reduction: a promising choice12. Removal of inorganic pollutants using MXene-based hybrid nanomaterialsSection 2: Mxenes in sensing applications13. MXenes for sensors14. MXenes based hybrid electrochemical sensors for cancer diagnostics15. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials for gas sensing applications16. MXene-based hybrid biosensors17. MXene-based electrochemical sensors18. MXene-based hybrid nanostructures for strain sensors19. Mxenes-based hybrid electrochemical sensorsSection 3: Mxenes in energy application20. MXene for green energy: an introduction21. MXene-based electrodes for hybrid supercapacitor devices22. MXene-based hybrid nanomaterials for nitrogen reduction reaction23. Challenges and future prospects of MXenes