title: Template-free 3D titanium carbide (Ti3C2Tx) MXene particles crumpled by capillary forces.
abstract: Ti3C2Txand other types of MXene nanosheets are an exciting new class of 2D materials. However, little has been reported on manipulating the shape of MXene nanosheets. Here, we demonstrate that flat Ti3C2Txnanosheets encapsulated within spray-dried droplets can be scrolled, bent, and folded into 3D crumpled structures. This morphological change was observed to be reversible upon rehydration.
authors.affiliation: Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, 77843, USA. micah.green@tamu.edu.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, 77843, USA. micah.green@tamu.edu.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, 77843, USA. mradovic@tamu.edu.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, 77843, USA. mradovic@tamu.edu.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, 77843, USA. micah.green@tamu.edu.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, 77843, USA. micah.green@tamu.edu and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, 77843, USA. mradovic@tamu.edu.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, 77843, USA. mradovic@tamu.edu.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radovic
mesh_terms: D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C096521:titanium carbide; D014025:Titanium