Michel W. Barsoum

122.8k total citations · 51 hit papers
595 papers, 104.2k citations indexed

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Michel W. Barsoum is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Ceramics and Composites. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel W. Barsoum has authored 595 papers receiving a total of 104.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 541 papers in Materials Chemistry, 221 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 148 papers in Ceramics and Composites. Recurrent topics in Michel W. Barsoum's work include MXene and MAX Phase Materials (471 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (161 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (148 papers). Michel W. Barsoum is often cited by papers focused on MXene and MAX Phase Materials (471 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (161 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (148 papers). Michel W. Barsoum collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and France. Michel W. Barsoum's co-authors include Yury Gogotsi, Michael Naguib, T. El‐Raghy, Lars Hultman, Maria R. Lukatskaya, Meng‐Qiang Zhao, Vadym N. Mochalin, Volker Presser, Joseph Halim and Jun Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michel W. Barsoum

589 papers receiving 102.7k citations

Hit Papers

Two‐Dimensional Nanocrystals Produced by Ex... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2011 2013 2014 2012 2013 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Two‐Dimensional Nanocrystals Produced by Exfoliation of Ti3AlC2
    2011 9.7k citations Michael Naguib, Yury Gogotsi et al. profile →
  2. 25th Anniversary Article: MXenes: A New Family of Two‐Dimensional Materials
    2013 5.2k citations Michael Naguib, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  3. Conductive two-dimensional titanium carbide ‘clay’ with high volumetric capacitance
    2014 5.0k citations Meng‐Qiang Zhao, Yury Gogotsi et al. profile →
  4. Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Carbides
    2012 3.9k citations Michael Naguib, Olha Mashtalir et al. profile →
  5. Cation Intercalation and High Volumetric Capacitance of Two-Dimensional Titanium Carbide
    2013 3.7k citations Olha Mashtalir, Chang E. Ren et al. profile →
  6. The MN+1AXN phases: A new class of solids
    2000 3.0k citations Michel W. Barsoum profile →
  7. Intercalation and delamination of layered carbides and carbonitrides
    2013 2.4k citations Olha Mashtalir, Michael Naguib et al. profile →
  8. Ultra-high-rate pseudocapacitive energy storage in two-dimensional transition metal carbides
    2017 2.0k citations Meng‐Qiang Zhao, Joseph Halim et al. profile →
  9. Flexible and conductive MXene films and nanocomposites with high capacitance
    2014 1.9k citations Chang E. Ren, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  10. New Two-Dimensional Niobium and Vanadium Carbides as Promising Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
    2013 1.8k citations Michael Naguib, Joseph Halim et al. profile →
  11. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of select multi-layered transition metal carbides (MXenes)
    2015 1.7k citations Joseph Halim, Michael Naguib et al. profile →
  12. Two-Dimensional, Ordered, Double Transition Metals Carbides (MXenes)
    2015 1.6k citations Babak Anasori, Yury Gogotsi et al. profile →
  13. Synthesis and Characterization of a Remarkable Ceramic: Ti 3 SiC 2
    1996 1.5k citations Michel W. Barsoum, T. El‐Raghy profile →
  14. Transparent Conductive Two-Dimensional Titanium Carbide Epitaxial Thin Films
    2014 1.4k citations Joseph Halim, Yury Gogotsi et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
  15. MXene: a promising transition metal carbide anode for lithium-ion batteries
    2012 1.4k citations Michael Naguib, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  16. Role of Surface Structure on Li-Ion Energy Storage Capacity of Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Carbides
    2014 1.3k citations Michael Naguib, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  17. Flexible MXene/Carbon Nanotube Composite Paper with High Volumetric Capacitance
    2014 1.2k citations Meng‐Qiang Zhao, Chang E. Ren et al. profile →
  18. Synthesis and Characterization of 2D Molybdenum Carbide (MXene)
    2016 1.1k citations Joseph Halim, Michael Naguib et al. profile →
  19. Synthesis of two-dimensional titanium nitride Ti4N3(MXene)
    2016 1.1k citations Babak Anasori, Meng‐Qiang Zhao et al. profile →
  20. Elastic and Mechanical Properties of the MAX Phases
    2011 993 citations Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  21. Ten Years of Progress in the Synthesis and Development of MXenes
    2021 963 citations Michael Naguib, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  22. Pseudocapacitive Electrodes Produced by Oxidant‐Free Polymerization of Pyrrole between the Layers of 2D Titanium Carbide (MXene)
    2015 960 citations Babak Anasori, Meng‐Qiang Zhao et al. profile →
  23. Prediction and Characterization of MXene Nanosheet Anodes for Non-Lithium-Ion Batteries
    2014 921 citations Michael Naguib, Yury Gogotsi et al. profile →
  24. Amine‐Assisted Delamination of Nb2C MXene for Li‐Ion Energy Storage Devices
    2015 827 citations Olha Mashtalir, Meng‐Qiang Zhao et al. profile →
  25. Highly Conductive Optical Quality Solution‐Processed Films of 2D Titanium Carbide
    2016 816 citations Yury Gogotsi, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  26. One-step synthesis of nanocrystalline transition metal oxides on thin sheets of disordered graphitic carbon by oxidation of MXenes
    2014 694 citations Michael Naguib, Olha Mashtalir et al. profile →
  27. Fabrication of Ti3C2Tx MXene Transparent Thin Films with Tunable Optoelectronic Properties
    2016 679 citations Meng‐Qiang Zhao, Joseph Halim et al. profile →
  28. Dye adsorption and decomposition on two-dimensional titanium carbide in aqueous media
    2014 676 citations Olha Mashtalir, Michel W. Barsoum et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A profile →
  29. On the Chemical Diversity of the MAX Phases
    2019 672 citations Maxim Sokol, Varun Natu et al. profile →
  30. Two-dimensional Mo1.33C MXene with divacancy ordering prepared from parent 3D laminate with in-plane chemical ordering
    2017 637 citations Joseph Halim, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  31. Fundamentals of Ceramics
    2002 636 citations Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  32. Synthesis and Characterization of Ti 3 AlC 2
    2000 602 citations Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  33. Ion-Exchange and Cation Solvation Reactions in Ti3C2 MXene
    2016 594 citations Joseph Halim, Yury Gogotsi et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
  34. Nanoporous carbide-derived carbon with tunable pore size
    2003 593 citations Yury Gogotsi, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  35. Probing the Mechanism of High Capacitance in 2D Titanium Carbide Using In Situ X‐Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
    2015 578 citations Michel W. Barsoum, Yury Gogotsi et al. profile →
  36. MAX Phases
    2013 575 citations Michel W. Barsoum profile →
  37. Synthesis and characterization of two-dimensional Nb4C3 (MXene)
    2014 546 citations Michael Naguib, Olha Mashtalir et al. profile →
  38. Pseudocapacitive Electrodes Produced By Oxidant-Free Polymerization of Pyrrole Between the Layers of 2D Titanium Carbide (MXene)
    2016 528 citations Babak Anasori, Meng‐Qiang Zhao et al. ECS Meeting Abstracts profile →
  39. Porous Two‐Dimensional Transition Metal Carbide (MXene) Flakes for High‐Performance Li‐Ion Storage
    2016 509 citations Chang E. Ren, Meng‐Qiang Zhao et al. profile →
  40. Layered machinable ceramics for high temperature applications
    1997 506 citations Michel W. Barsoum, T. El‐Raghy et al. profile →
  41. Processing and characterization of Ti2AlC, Ti2AlN, and Ti2AlC0.5N0.5
    2000 493 citations Michel W. Barsoum, T. El‐Raghy et al. profile →
  42. Control of electronic properties of 2D carbides (MXenes) by manipulating their transition metal layers
    2016 492 citations Babak Anasori, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  43. MAX Phases: Properties of Machinable Ternary Carbides and Nitrides
    2013 489 citations Michel W. Barsoum profile →
  44. Atomically Resolved Structural and Chemical Investigation of Single MXene Sheets
    2015 453 citations Joseph Halim, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  45. A critical analysis of the X-ray photoelectron spectra of Ti3C2Tz MXenes
    2021 446 citations Varun Natu, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  46. Overview of the synthesis of MXenes and other ultrathin 2D transition metal carbides and nitrides
    2019 444 citations Varun Natu, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  47. 2D Ti3C2Tz MXene Synthesized by Water-free Etching of Ti3AlC2 in Polar Organic Solvents
    2020 416 citations Varun Natu, Rahul Pai et al. profile →
  48. Kinetics of aluminum extraction from Ti3AlC2 in hydrofluoric acid
    2013 387 citations Olha Mashtalir, Michael Naguib et al. profile →
  49. MXenes: An Introduction of Their Synthesis, Select Properties, and Applications
    2019 386 citations Varun Natu, Michael Carey et al. profile →
  50. Multifunctional MXene/C Aerogels for Enhanced Microwave Absorption and Thermal Insulation
    2023 212 citations Peigen Zhang, Michel W. Barsoum et al. profile →
  51. MAX phases – Past, present, and future
    2023 179 citations Michel W. Barsoum, Johanna Rosén et al. profile →

Peers

Michel W. Barsoum
Comparison fields: 5 of 150
  • Materials Chemistry 94.3k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 36.2k
  • Mechanical Engineering 21.3k
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 19.2k
  • Biomedical Engineering 15.8k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Isothermal oxidation of bulk dense Fe2AlB2 and Mn2AlB2 phases in 700–1000 °C temperature range
2024 ·Journal of the European Ceramic Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Maxim Sokol, (unknown), Michel W. Barsoum
1
2
Dynamic strength and fragmentation of highly oriented Ti3SiC2 under multiaxial compression
2024 ·Journal of the European Ceramic Society ·(unknown), Maxim Sokol, Michel W. Barsoum, Leslie Lamberson
0
3
Ion-Exchange Effects in One-Dimensional Lepidocrocite TiO2: A Cryogenic Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy and Density Functional Theory Study
2024 ·Chemistry of Materials ·Francisco Lagunas, David Bugallo, (unknown), (unknown), Hussein O. Badr, (unknown), (unknown), Michel W. Barsoum, Yong‐Jie Hu, Robert F. Klie
18
4
Reacting Mn3O4 powders with quaternary ammonium hydroxides to form two-dimensional birnessite flakes
2023 ·Ceramics International ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Carey, Kaustubh Sudhakar, (unknown), Hussein O. Badr, Michel W. Barsoum
5
5
Mass loading and self-discharge challenges for MXene-based aqueous supercapacitors
2023 ·Energy storage materials ·Weitao Zheng, Yang Li, Peigen Zhang, Varun Natu, ZhengMing Sun, Johanna Rosén, Michel W. Barsoum
18
6
Boundaries; kink versus ripplocation in graphite, MAX phases and other layered solids
2023 ·Carbon ·(unknown), (unknown), Garritt J. Tucker, Michel W. Barsoum
10
7
MXene Surface Terminations: A Perspective
2023 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Varun Natu, Michel W. Barsoum
71
8
A non-confined gamma monoclinic sulfur cathode in carbonate electrolyte based room temperature K–S batteries
2023 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Rahul Pai, (unknown), Varun Natu, Michel W. Barsoum, (unknown)
2
9
MXene—manganese oxides aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors with high mass loadings, high cell voltages and slow self-discharge
2021 ·Energy storage materials ·Weitao Zheng, Joseph Halim, ZhengMing Sun, Johanna Rosén, Michel W. Barsoum
58
10
Applications of MAX phases and MXenes as catalysts
2021 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·(unknown), (unknown), Ștefan Neațu, Mihaela Florea, Michel W. Barsoum, Florentina Neațu
107
11
Mechanical Exfoliation of Select MAX Phases and Mo4Ce4Al7C3 Single Crystals to Produce MAXenes
2020 ·SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository ·(unknown), (unknown), Johann Coraux, Vincent Bouchiat, Simone Lisi, Michel W. Barsoum, T. Ouisse
1
12
Highly Efficient Ultralow Pd Loading Supported on MAX Phases for Chemoselective Hydrogenation
2020 ·ACS Catalysis ·(unknown), Florentina Neațu, (unknown), Ștefan Neațu, Andrei Kuncser, (unknown), Varun Natu, Michel W. Barsoum, Mihaela Florea
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13
On tuning the cytotoxicity of Ti3C2 (MXene) flakes to cancerous and benign cells by post-delamination surface modifications
2020 ·2D Materials ·Agnieszka Jastrzębska, Aleksandra Szuplewska, Anita Rozmysłowska‐Wojciechowska, M. Chudy, A. Olszyna, Magdalena Birowska, (unknown), Jacek A. Majewski, Błażej Scheibe, Varun Natu, Michel W. Barsoum
84
14
Magnesium-Ion Storage Capability of MXenes
2019 ·ACS Applied Energy Materials ·Meng‐Qiang Zhao, Chang E. Ren, Mohamed Alhabeb, Babak Anasori, Michel W. Barsoum, Yury Gogotsi
111
15
Synthesis, properties and thermal decomposition of the Ta4AlC3 MAX phase
2019 ·Lirias (KU Leuven) ·(unknown), Bensu Tunca, Thomas Lapauw, Shuigen Huang, L. Popescu, Michel W. Barsoum, Konstantina Lambrinou, Jef Vleugels
44
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Edge Capping of 2D‐MXene Sheets with Polyanionic Salts To Mitigate Oxidation in Aqueous Colloidal Suspensions
2019 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Varun Natu, James L. Hart, Maxim Sokol, (unknown), Mitra L. Taheri, Michel W. Barsoum
111
17
Anodized Ti3SiC2 As a Potential Anode Material for Li-Ion Microbatteries
2017 ·ECS Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), Olha Mashtalir, Michael Naguib, Michel W. Barsoum, Yury Gogotsi, Thierry Djenizian
0
18
Effects of neutron irradiation of Ti3SiC2 and Ti3AlC2 in the 121–1085 °C temperature range
2016 ·Journal of Nuclear Materials ·Darin J. Tallman, Lingfeng He, Jian Gan, E. N. Caspi, Elizabeth Hoffman, Michel W. Barsoum
75
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Effect of neutron irradiation on defect evolution in Ti3SiC2 and Ti2AlC
2015 ·Journal of Nuclear Materials ·Darin J. Tallman, Lingfeng He, Brenda L. García-Díaz, Elizabeth Hoffman, G. Kohse, Robert Sindelar, Michel W. Barsoum
81
20
Improved X-ray powder diffraction data for Ti 2 AlN
2000 ·Powder Diffraction ·(unknown), Michel W. Barsoum, T. El‐Raghy
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