About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Honorary Symposium in Celebration of Prof. Michel Barsoum’s 70th Birthday
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| Presentation Title |
Past, Present, and Future of MAX Phases |
| Author(s) |
Martin Dahlqvist |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Martin Dahlqvist |
| Abstract Scope |
The number of reported MAX phases have in recent years seen a tremendous boost. From the original 50 or so in the 1960s to more than 400 phases to date. Notable is that more than half have been discovered since 2020 alone. In this talk, I will present an overview of all MAX phases reported to date and categorize them based on the synthesis route; if made via a one-step approach in bottom-up synthesis or formed through elemental replacement reactions in top-down synthesis. This classification is also correlated to theoretical phase stability predictions, that in turn, can be used to identify novel synthesizable MAX phase compositions as well as to suggest suitable synthesis routes. Furthermore, using phase stability predictions, 182 new theoretically stable MAX phases have been identified and awaiting future experimental confirmation. |