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MXenes
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Materials_science/N5HrXRYW">materials science</a>, MXenes (pronounced "max-enes") are a class of <a href="/facts/2D_materials/YnsFhbWg">two-dimensional</a> <a href="/facts/Inorganic_compound/TfFfzxSz">inorganic compounds</a> along with MBenes, that consist of atomically thin layers of transition metal <a href="/facts/Carbide/xfCMTjYJ">carbides</a>, <a href="/facts/Nitride/9vkrCbJ4">nitrides</a>, or carbonitrides. MXenes accept a variety of hydrophilic terminations. The first MXene was reported in 2011 at <a href="/facts/Drexel_University_College_of_Engineering/qUtqXADe">Drexel University's College of Engineering</a>, and were named by combining the prefix "MAX" or "MX" (for <a href="/facts/MAX_phases/yGllA8Ul">MAX phases</a>), with "ene" by analogy to <a href="/facts/Graphene/QDGUBaPt">graphene</a>. </p>