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LAYERED MATERIALS & STRUCTURES LAB (LMSL)
Anasori Research Lab
Purdue University

Research Areas

Research Areas

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Anasori Lab Members

Anasori Lab Members

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Innovation in Action

Innovation in Action

Read the story by Purdue about Prof. Anasori's mentoring style and student success

Top Rankings Among All Scholars

Top Rankings Among All Scholars

Prof. Anasori is ranked #1 in Mech. Eng., and #26 in all Engineering fields in the USA over the past 5 years, identified by ScholarGPS analysis of +140 million publications

Discovery of Tungsten MXene

Discovery of Tungsten MXene

Read our paper on the discovery of the first ordered double metal tungsten MXene (open access on the Publication page)

High-Entropy MXenes

High-Entropy MXenes

Our group expanded the family of MXenes by the discovery of the first high-entropy MXenes

Ultra-high Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs)

Ultra-high Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs)

Read our latest review paper on UHTCs published in Nature Reviews Materials (Free link in the Publication Page)

2022 Fundamentals of MXene Synthesis

2022 Fundamentals of MXene Synthesis

Read our paper on the fundamentals of MXene synthesis in Nature Synthesis (free link)

The Kavli Early Career Lectureship Award

The Kavli Early Career Lectureship Award

Prof. Anasori received the 2024 Kavli Foundation Early Career Lectureship in Materials Science

Rising Star of Science in the World

Rising Star of Science in the World

Dr. Anasori is ranked 4 in the USA, and 15 in the world in the 2023 & 2024 Rankings of the Rising Stars of Science by Research.com In 2022, he was ranked 7 in the USA and 32 worldwide

Double Transition Metal MXenes

Double Transition Metal MXenes

Read our comprehensive review on the large family of double transition metal (DTM) MXenes

The Rise of MXenes

The Rise of MXenes

Among the "Most Read Articles" on ACS Nano This article has been among the top 20 most downloaded articles on ACS Nano from September 2019 (right after its publication) till now.

MXenes Most Published Authors

MXenes Most Published Authors

MXenes most published authors vs. their number of publications on MXenes (Chemosphere 286, 131873, 2022)

The First Book on MXenes

The First Book on MXenes

Covers all the available known aspects and applications of MXenes in a single source

Highly Cited Researcher

Highly Cited Researcher

Dr. Anasori has been among the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers for six consecutive years.

Teaching and Beyond

Teaching and Beyond

Layered Materials & Structures Lab (LMSL)
Principal Investigator
Dr. Babak Anasori
Reilly Rising Star Associate Professor
School of Materials Engineering
School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University

LMS

Layered Materials and Structures

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