Rare-earth containing magnesium alloys: A review of precipitation behavior and its impact on fatigue performance
Available online 9 July 2025
•The precipitation behavior in Mg-RE alloys and the critical role of precipitates in fatigue behavior are reviewed.•The alloying elements and heat treatment play a pivotal role in the precipitation...
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Study on M2-type macrophage exosomes coated with S-HA to modify magnesium alloy surface for vascular scaffolds
Available online 7 July 2025
•The M2-type macrophages were reported to contribute to endothelialization, thus their exosomes were isolated and successfully prepared on to Mg alloy surface for stronger endothelialization.•To avoid...
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Synthesis and molecular dynamics investigation of Mg/SiCP composites with high thermal conductivity and low expansion
Available online 6 July 2025
•The potential application of cast SiC/Mg composites in thermal management has been reported for the first time. This material demonstrates excellent thermal conductivity (178.5 W/m·K) and a low coefficient...
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Interpretable machine learning enables high performance of magnesium borohydride hydrogen storage system
Available online 5 July 2025
•A multi-head attention neural network model is first developed for hydrogen storage.•The model can accurately predict various dehydrogenation performance of Mg(BH4)2.•Interpretability analysis provides...
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Advances in magnesium-based implants for biomedical applications: A comprehensive review and future perspectives
Available online 5 July 2025
•Comprehensive evaluation of Mg-based implants for current clinical applications.•Exposition of potential research of Mg-based materials, such as neurosurgery and fat metabolism.•Discussion of challenges...
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Biodegradable phosphorus-modified Mg2Ge/Mg-Cu composite with good angiogenic, osteogenic, and antibacterial functionalities for bone-fixation applications
Available online 5 July 2025
•Hot-extruded Mg-10Ge-2Cu-0.5P (HE MGCP) was prepared by P alloying and hot extrusion.•HE MGCP showed significantly improved corrosion resistance than HE Mg-10Ge-2Cu (MGC).•HE MGCP showed enhanced mechanical...
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Heterostructure control enabling outstanding strength-crack tolerance synergy in a dilute Mg-Al-Mn-Zn-Ce-Nd alloy
Available online 5 July 2025
•By controlling the VR/VD ratio and maintaining a high dislocation density, a heterogeneous Mg alloy with excellent strength (TYS: ∼306 MPa) and crack tolerance (TEL: ∼18.4 %) is exploited.•There exist...
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Bioactive Ca-P coatings on WE43 alloy via soft sparking PEO: Structure, electrochemical performance and cytotoxicity studies
Available online 5 July 2025
•Coatings containing Ca and P were successfully formed on WE43 alloy.•Coatings were prepared with different duty ratios of 15, 25 and 50 % and negative-to-positive current ratios - 2 or 1.6.•The onset...
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Preparation of Ni/Ti3O5@graphene oxide double heterojunction for enhancing hydrogen storage in MgH2
Available online 4 July 2025
•Magnesium hydride is a solid-state hydrogen storage material with slow kinetics.•Ni/Ti3O5@graphene oxide (GO) dual-heterojunction composite material is prepared.•Adding Ni/Ti3O5@GO to MgH2 lowers the...
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Study on the synergistic strengthening mechanism of pre-tension deformation and surface mechanical rolling treatment on the fatigue performance of AZ31B magnesium alloy
Available online 1 July 2025
•Composite strengthening improves the fatigue performance of AZ31B Magnesium Alloy.•Analyzed the mechanisms of crack initiation and propagation after strengthening.•A fatigue limit strengthening model...
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Multi-scale simplified residual convolutional neural network model for predicting compositions of binary magnesium alloys
Available online 27 June 2025
•This work proposed a MS-SRCNN model for predicting compositions of as-cast Mg-Nd binary alloys.•The model's prediction accuracy exceeded 98 % (R2).•Compared with classic networks, the MS-SRCNN model...
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Effect of Al addition on microstructure, texture evolution and mechanical properties of Mg-1Zn-1Y-0.1Mn alloy sheets
Available online 27 June 2025
•The addition of Al element in Mg-Zn-RE alloy system does not refine grain size but changes the dominant second phase from Mg3Zn3Y2 to Al2Y phase.•A critical Al content of ≥ 0.5 wt. % transforms the...
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Layered MoS2-supported and metallic Ni-doped MgH2 towards enhanced hydrogen storage kinetics and cycling stability
Available online 26 June 2025
•Hydrogen storage of MgH2 is synergistically improved by Ni and layered MoS2.•Ni reacts with MgH2 to form Mg2NiH0.3 and act as a hydrogen pump.•Layered MoS2 mainly acts as a support for Ni and MgH2.•Presence...
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Mg-Zn-Mn alloys degradation in pancreatic fluid: Trypsin disrupts passivation for stent design
Available online 26 June 2025
•The degradation behavior of Mg-Zn-Mn alloys in human pancreatic fluid is significantly influenced by alkaline pH, high bicarbonate levels, and enzymatic activity, especially trypsin.•Pancreatic enzymes...
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Exploring low-alloyed as-extruded Mg alloy with high strength and high corrosion resistance
Available online 25 June 2025
•Strength-corrosion resistance tradeoff can be evaded in the low-alloyed Mg alloy.•As-extruded Mg alloy exhibits high YS of 402 MPa and acceptable elongation of 5 %.•Low corrosion rate (0.56 mm y-1)...
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Current status and progress of research on vacuum method of refining magnesium
Available online 23 June 2025
•The advantages and disadvantages of the preparation of magnesium metal by direct vacuum method and relative vacuum method were summarized.•The effects of catalyst, holding time, reaction temperature...
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A review of anticorrosive, superhydrophobic and self-healing properties of coating-composites as corrosion barriers on magnesium alloys: Recent advances, challenges and future directions
Available online 21 June 2025
•The self-healing capacity of the protective coating of a Mg alloy can extend its service life.•Superhydrophobic coatings repel moisture, delaying corrosion on Mg alloys.•Self-healing layers repair,...
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Excellent strength-ductility synergy property of wire-arc additively manufactured Mg-Gd-Y-Zr alloy investigated by heat treatment
Available online 10 June 2025
•The deposited samples with good forming quality were obtained through the CMT-WAAM process.•The dissolution behavior of the eutectic phase and the precipitation behavior of the nano-precipitate phase...
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Greening Pidgeon process with deoxidized diamond-wire sawing silicon waste
Available online 10 June 2025
•A modified deoxidation method using ammonium fluoride (NH4F) to reduce oxygen in diamond-wire sawing silicon waste (DWSSW) was demonstrated.•High deoxidation rate was achieved at room temperature.•The...
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Effect of nanostructured MgO directly grown on pure magnesium substrate on its in vitro corrosion and bioactivity behaviour
Available online 6 June 2025
This study introduces a nanostructured MgO coating fabricated via anodization in a non-aqueous electrolyte, offering a novel approach to addressing the challenges of corrosion resistance and biofunctionality....
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The post-deformation softening and hardening mechanisms of a Mg-2Y-1Zn alloy during double-stage hot compression
Available online 6 June 2025
•The evolutions of FS showed a non-linear dependence on deformation conditions and was closely related to Z parameter.•The static recovery coupled with cross-overlapping between kink bands and twins...
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Calcination temperature-dependent structural, optical, and photoluminescence properties of Mg-Al bimetallic oxide prepared by sol-gel auto combustion method
Available online 5 June 2025
•Mg-Al bimetallic oxide powders are synthesized via the sol-gel auto combustion.•The effect of different calcination temperatures (500 °C, 700 °C, 900 °C, and 1100 °C) were studied by means of XRD,...
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Effect of magnesium fluoride catalysis on the vacuum reducing properties of magnesium oxide
Available online 4 June 2025
•A new green and efficient process is proposed for the MgF₂-catalysed MgO vacuum carbothermal reduction for magnesium smelting.•The conditions of the MgO vacuum carbothermal reduction reaction and the...
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Exceptional metallurgical bonding mechanism via Nano-thick layer of interfacial solid solution in dissimilar welding
Available online 3 June 2025
•AZ31 and DC01 were bonded by a nanometer-thick layer of Fe(Al) solid solution.•High lap shear strength of 101 MPa was obtained, which is 78 % of AZ31 BM.•Fracture occurred mainly inside AZ31 stir zone...
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Modeling hetero-deformation induced stress partitioning revealing non-basal slip activity in bimodal-grained ZK60 Mg alloy
Available online 1 June 2025
•Bimodal-grained ZK60 alloy exhibits good strength-ductility combination due to extensive activity of non-basal slips.•Hetero-deformation induced (HDI) stress partitioning on individual slip system...
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