- Research and development of advanced ceramic materials with tailored nanoscale microstructures
- Atomically layered materials, with emphasis on MAX and MAB phases and their two-dimensional derivatives (MXenes)
- Synthesis, processing, and microfabrication of two-dimensional materials, including micropatterning and integration into photonic and electronic devices
- Design and development of advanced ceramic and metal-matrix composites for operation in extreme environments
- High-temperature materials behavior, oxidation, and failure mechanisms
- Development and implementation of advanced sintering methods (SPS, HP-SPS, and flash sintering)
Prof. Maxim Sokol
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Research Interests
Ten Selected Publications
- B. Favelukis, B. Ratzker, Y. Juhl, N. Stein Chneider, O. Ashuach, A. Greenberg, J. Jopp, P. Shekhter and M. Sokol, "Selective Wet Etching for Scalable Nanofabrication of Patterned MXene Thin Films", Nano Letters, 25 14017-14024 (2025) [DOI]
- B. Favelukis, B. Ratzker, R. Miyar, J. Jopp, A. Upcher, P. Shekhter, N. Maman and M. Sokol, "Without a Grain of Salt: Micropatterning Clean MXene Thin-Film Electronics", Nanoscale Advances, 7, 2329 (2025) [DOI]
- Y. Kushnir, B. Ratzker, M. Dahlqvist, M. Baranov, B. Favelukis, A. Nitsan, N. Maman, A. Upcher, V. Ezersky, J. Rosen and M. Sokol, "Expanding MAX Phases: Discovery of a Double A-Layer Ti2Bi2C with Rhombohedral Symmetry", Matter, 8 102152 (2025) [DOI]
- B. Ratzker, B. Favelukis, M. Baranov, Y. Rathod, A. Greenberg, O. Messer, D. A. Goldstein, A. Upcher, V. Ezersky, N. Maman, I. Biran, V. Natu and M. Sokol, "Synthesis of Ti1-xWx Solid Solution MAX Phases and Derived MXenes for Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes", Advanced Functional Materials, 2406499 (2024) [DOI]
- B. Ratzker, O. Messer, B. Favelukis, S. Kalabukhov, N. Maman, V. Ezersky, M.Sokol, "MXene-Based Ceramic Nanocomposites Enabled by Pressure-Assisted Sintering", ASC Nano, 17, 1, 157-167 (2023) [DOI]
- B. Ratzker and M. Sokol, "Exploring the capabilities of high-pressure spark plasma sintering (HPSPS): A review of materials processing and properties", Materials & Design, 112238 (2023) [DOI]
- M. Sokol, V. Natu, S. Kota, and M.W. Barsoum, "On the Chemical Diversity of the MAX Phases", Trends in Chemistry, 1 [2] 210-223 (2019) [DOI]
- S. Kota, M. Sokol and M.W. Barsoum, "A Progress Report on the MAB Phases: Atomically Laminated, Ternary Transition Metal Borides", International Materials Reviews, 65 226-255 (2019) [DOI]
- M. Sokol, B. Ratzker, S. Kalabukhov, M. P. Dariel, E. Galun and N. Frage, "Transparent Polycrystalline Magnesium Aluminate Spinel Fabricated by Spark Plasma Sintering", Advanced Materials, 30 1706283 (2018) [DOI]
- M. Sokol, M. Halabi, Y. Mordekovitz, S. Kalabukhov, S. Hayun and N. Frage, "An Inverse Hall-Petch Relation in Nanocrystalline MgAl2O4 Spinel Consolidated by High Pressure Spark Plasma Sintering (HPSPS)", Scripta Materialia, 139 159-161 (2017) [DOI]
