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July 1, 2024, was a historic and groundbreaking day at the Space Technology Center AGH. We signed a contract with the European Space Agency - ESA. We are proud to announce that the research experiment MXene in LEO, on which we have been secretly working for 9 months, will be realized!
The research team, consisting of Prof. Tadeusz Uhl (director of STC), Dr. Eng. Shreyas Srivatsa (experiment coordinator), Dr. Agata Kołodziejczyk, Dr. Eng. KrzysztofGrabowski, MSc. Eng. DagmaraStasiowska, and MSc. Eng. WojciechGuziewicz, can now officially announce their project "MXene Material and Wearable Device Experiments in Low-Earth Orbit Space Habitat" - or in short "MXene in LEO".
The experiments focus on the study of MXene nanomaterials and MXene wearable devices made with bacterial cellulose (naturally-produced) substrate that can be used during manned space missions. And now they will fly into space!
The project will involve measuring human pulse using MXene wearable devices during a mission on the International Space Station.
This experiment will expand knowledge about the potential use of MXene-based sensors in space. It will demonstrate the technological capabilities of such devices. The results will enable more effective monitoring of astronauts' vital parameters during space missions, with the possibility of future use of such devices in telemedicine on Earth.
Funding for this work has been received from the European Space Agency - ESA.
