MXene polymeric nanoarchitectures mechanical, deformation, and failure mechanism: A review

ABSTRACT

M-X have emanated as a potential material for numerous mechanical uses ascribed to their exceptional physicochemical features, multilayered architectures, superior strength, and electrical conductivity along with their flexibility. The mechanical features of M-X polymeric nanoarchitectures are critical to their application in advanced engineering structures and include Young’s modulus, bending rigidity, elasticity, sliding resistance, adhesion, ideal strengths, theoretical and experimental affiliations. Furthermore, the deformation along with failure mechanism of materials are essential in engineering applications. Engineering finite elemental models as well as prediction of M-X nanosheets mechanical behavior are imperative in understanding the mechanical behavior of M-X/polymeric nanoarchitectures. Therefore, this paper elucidates the mechanical, deformation, and failure mechanism of M-X and M-X polymeric nanoarchitectures with special emphasis on models utilized in predicting the mechanical behaviors of these materials.

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KEYWORDS:

• Mechanical behaviors
• deformation
• failure
• finite element modeling
• sensitivity analyses

Acknowledgments

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria is acknowledged.

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C. I. Idumah

Dr. Christopher Igwe Idumah is presently a Lecturer with the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Polymer Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria. He holds a First Class Ph.D. from Univesiti Teknologi Malaysia were he was awarded the best Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering at the 57th convocation of UTM. He obtained his M. Eng. from The Manchester University England, United Kingdom and was trained in SITP1 for Shell Petroleum Development Corporation by Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. He obtained a B.Eng. from F.U.T.O. Nigeria. Amongst several distinguishing awards, he was named amongst the World’s Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University, USA.