The Leader as Groom, the Nation as Bride. Patriarchal Nationalism under Nasser and Sisi

This article surveys and analyzes the gendered symbols and imageries in the hegemonic nationalist discourse in Egypt, under Nasser and under Sisi. It advances that gender binaries are projected onto the relation between ruler and ruled, state and nation, military and civilian, as a means to demobilize and subordinate “the people” following coups d’état. The article also analyzes the negative feminization of the Egyptian populace under Sisi, which serves to discredit demands for political participation and social justice and to legitimate their suppression, especially following the mass mobilizations of January 25, 2011

MXene materials based printed flexible devices for healthcare, biomedical and energy storage applications

The advent of cost effective printed smart devices has revolutionized the healthcare sector by allowing disease prediction and timely treatment through non-invasive real time and continuous health monitoring. Future advancements in printed electronic (PE) materials will continue to enhance the quality of human living. For any PE application, materials should possess proper mechanical integrity and resistivity while being non-toxic. In the case of sensing devices for physiological and biochemical signals, excellent conductivity is an essential requirement for obtaining high response signals. The emergence of the novel class of 2D materials called MXenes and their composites has resulted in structures and materials hugely relevant for healthcare devices. Exploiting solution based 2D MXene materials can expedite their practical application in PE devices by overcoming the present limitations of conductive inks such as poor conductivity and the high cost of alternative functional inks. There has been much progress in the MXene functional ink generation and its PE device applications since its discovery in 2011. This review summarizes the MXene ink formulation for additive patterning and the development of PE devices enabled by them in healthcare, biomedical and related power provision applications