Ripple effect: Ripplocations help explain dislocation theory in layered materials

Published on September 30th, 2016 | By: April Gocha, PhD

New research is maximizing on the potential of MAX phases, a group of layered ternary carbide and nitride materials with a unique combination of ceramic and metal properties.

[For more information on MAX phases, see this 2013 ACerS Bulletin article by Miladin Radovic and Michel Barsoum.]

Last week I reported on 2-D MAX phase materials, called MXene materials, that can provide superior electromagnetic shielding with less bulk than conventional metal strategies for protecting electronic devices.

And now researchers at Drexel University report on their studies of MAX phase ceramics that describe a completely new observation of how materials deform—a finding with broad implications for various other kinds of layered materials.