KIST develops world's first 'high-conductivity amphiphilic MXene' that can be dispersed in a wide range of solvents
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Dr. Seon Joon Kim and his team at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)'s Convergence Research Center for SEIF have developed a "high-conductivity amphiphilic MXene" material that can be dispersed in water, polar and nonpolar organic solvents.
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