Handbook of 2D Materials for a Sustainable Future: Volume Two

by Mangalaraja Ramalinga Viswanathan (Editor), Arunachalam Arulraj (Editor), Arun Thirumurugan (Editor), P. Sakthivel (Editor)

Overview

2D Materials for a Sustainable Future reviews a cutting-edge area of materials science with enormous potential for a wide range of applications. It provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the recent advancements of 2D materials alongside their functional modifications and practical applications, with a forward-looking view on sustainable and scalable technologies.

Volume Two provides a comprehensive exploration of the evolution, properties, and applications of 2D materials. Beginning with the historical and scientific background, it looks at the diverse functionalities of graphene, such as its role in biosensors and energy storage. It expands to other 2D materials like transition metal diselenides for solar cells, MXenes, and fullerene. It address broader energy applications and biomedical uses of 2D materials for neurodegenerative disorders.

Features:

• Covers foundational concepts and emerging advancements in 2D materials
• Integrates interdisciplinary applications across energy, environmental science, electronics, and biomedicine, showcasing the broad utility of 2D materials. 
• Highlights cutting-edge research on MXenes, graphene quantum dots, and 2D heterostructures, areas not comprehensively covered in existing literature.

This book is intended for researchers, graduate students, and professionals in materials science, nanotechnology, chemical engineering, and applied physics. It serves as both a reference for experienced scientists and a foundational guide for those new to the field, fostering new ideas and future breakthroughs in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781041128212
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/02/2025
Series:	Series in Materials Science and Engineering
Pages:	462
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Mangalaraja Ramalinga Viswanathan is a Full Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, at Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, Chile. Previously, he worked as a Full Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Peñalolén, Santiago, Chile. He also worked as the Full Professor and Director of International Relations at the Universidad de Concepción and as the Director for the Department of Materials Engineering at the Universidad de Concepción for six years from 2010 to 2016. Further, he also served as the President of the Chilean Metallurgy and Materials Society (SOCHIMM) for the period from 2015 to 2017.

Dr. Arulraj Arunachalam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electricity, Faculty of Engineering at Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile.

Dr. Arun Thirumurugan is an Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Atacama, Sede Vallenar, Vallenar, Chile.

Dr. P. Sakthivel is working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 303007, India.

Table of Contents

1. Evolution of Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials  2. Graphene and graphene-based 2D materials: synthesis, properties, and applications   3. Recent developments in graphene and its derivatives for electrochemical (Bio)sensors as well as energy storage applications  4. Graphene-based Nanocomposite Materials for Green Hydrogen Production  5. MXenes-based hybrid composite: An effective photocatalytic degradation of environmental contamination  6. Layered 2D Transition Metal diselenides for Solar Cells  7. Two-dimensional graphitic carbon nitride-based nanocomposite: synthesis, properties and food quality analysis  8. Recent breakthroughs in fullerene C60 nanostructures for organic photovoltaic advancements  9. Two-dimensional (2D) materials for Solar Cells and Supercapacitor Applications  10. Advances in Graphene and TMDs-based 2D Materials for Neurodegenerative Disorders  11. Inorganic nanosheets-based photocatalysis: Recent insights into water purification application  12. 2D Materials for a Sustainable Future  13. Recent Development in Tribological Properties of 2D Nanomaterials as Lubricant Additives  14. MXene-based Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Applications  15. Two Dimensional MXene-based Nanocomposites for Sustainable Applications  16. Ti₃C₂ MXene as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions  17. Experimental and Computational Insights into the MXene-based Nanocomposite Systems for Enhanced Fuel Cell Applications  18. Carbon-Based Nanocomposites for Supercapacitor Applications