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ArticleNature communications2026

Revealing the hidden third dimension of point defects in two-dimensional MXenes.

Grace Guinan, Michelle A Smeaton, Brian C Wyatt, Steven Goldy, Hilary Egan, Andrew Glaws, Garritt J Tucker, Babak Anasori, Steven R Spurgeon

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Grace GuinanNational Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-8522-7994
Michelle A SmeatonNational Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-1009
Brian C WyattSchool of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0425-4791
Steven GoldyMetallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5167-9023
Hilary EganNational Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8784-6724
Andrew GlawsNational Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7268-1883
Garritt J TuckerDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Materials Science Program, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4011-450X
Babak AnasoriSchool of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1955-253X
Steven R SpurgeonNational Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, CO, USA. steven.spurgeon@nlr.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1218-839X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Point defects govern many important functional properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials. However, resolving the three-dimensional (3D) arrangement of these defects in multi-layer 2D materials remains a fundamental challenge, hindering rational defect engineering. Here, we overcome this limitation using an artificial intelligence-guided electron microscopy workflow to map the 3D topology and clustering of atomic vacancies in Ti

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