Dr. Yudhajit Bhattacharjee (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden - IPF Dresden) has been honored with the Best Poster Award at the 2D MXene Symposium during the 2025 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston. Several PhD students funded by Research Training Group (RTG) 2767 are involved in the paper - it's one of our first joint PhD publications.

Dr. Bhattacharjee’s award-winning research focuses on the molecular engineering of Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXenes, introducing innovative strategies for tuning MXene interfaces through controlled molecular crosslinking. This approach enables precise control over inter-layer spacing and electron transport properties, as confirmed by advanced characterization techniques and theoretical calculations. The study demonstrates that such molecularly engineered MXene architectures can be effectively utilized in chemiresistive sensing devices, offering tunable response characteristics for advanced sensor applications .

The findings have been recently published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, highlighting the potential impact of this work on the development of next-generation MXene-based technologies.

Publication: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adfm.202518884