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Figure 2. Synthesis of MXenes by bottom-up and top-down strategies. Schematic of 2D Mo₂C (A) and Ti₂CCl₂ (B) produced by CVD method. (C) Schematic illustration of the synthesis process by top-down strategy. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of Ti₃AlC₂ MAX phase (D) and Ti₃C₂T_x multilayers (E) Ti₃C₂T_x MXene flakes (F). Reproduced with permission^[62]. Copyright 2017, John Wiley and Sons. Reproduced with permission^[64]. Copyright 2023, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Reproduced with permission^[71]. Copyright 2022, Springer Nature. Reproduced with permission^[73]. Copyright 2021, American Chemical Society. Reproduced with permission^[82]. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society.