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Recent advancements in flame retardancy of MXene polymer nanoarchitectures

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Recently, escalating quests for miniaturized gadgets and flexible electronics have induced huge electromagnetic wave deterioration and high risk of fire outbreak. Hence, the fabrication of ultra-light and flame retardant (F-R) polymeric nanoarchitectures (PNC) has become critical and challenging. MXene (M-X), an emerging two-dimensional (2-D) nanomaterial (NM) has demonstrated high potential for fabricating F-R flexible PNC. Regarding flammability repression, increasing inclusion of M-X within polymeric matrices has demonstrated propensity to notably suppress critical flammability parameters such as heat release rate (HRR), peak of heat release rate (PHRR), carbon monoxide production rate (COPR), smoke production rate (SPR) and total mass loss rate (TMLR) while simultaneously increasing limiting oxygen index (LOI), time of ignition (TOI) and total peak of heat release rate (TPHRR) and attainment of UL-94 V-0 rating. These achievements have effectively repressed flammability of MX-polymeric nanoarchitectures thereby offering higher opportunity to minimize loss and actual risks in real life fire situation through formation of MX char within the condensed phase thereby effectively repressing the heat decomposition induced by oxygen to the polymeric matrix, thereby cutting-off the fire pathway. Hence, PNC fabricated from emerging nanoparticulates such as 2-D M-X (Ti3C2Tx) have demonstrated prospects for manufacturing high-performance flame suppressing PNC. Therefore, this paper presents recently emerging trends in flame retardant efficiency of M-X polymeric nanoarchitectures and applications.

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    Christopher Igwe Idumah, Emmanuel O. Ezeani, Anthony Chidi Ezika & Ukeme James Timothy

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Idumah, C.I., Ezeani, E.O., Ezika, A.C. et al. Recent advancements in flame retardancy of MXene polymer nanoarchitectures. Saf. Extreme Environ. 3, 253–273 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42797-021-00046-w

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