Influence of rare earth-rich structures on the multi-properties of magnesium alloys: A review
Available online 23 June 2026
•A comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms underlying the influence of RE-rich structures on corrosion and ignition resistance was provided.•Trade-offs/synergies relationships between mechanical, corrosion-resistant,...
Towards practicalization path of magnesium metal batteries
Available online 23 June 2026
•Advocates a holistic full-cell strategy over isolated component optimization.•Reveals empirical fallacies and calls for rigorous, transparent reporting standards.•Urges re-evaluating SEI components...
High-entropy TiVNbMoC3 MXene as a highly efficient catalyst for improving the hydrogen storage properties of MgH2
Available online 23 June 2026
•High-entropy TiVNbMoC3 MXene was successfully synthesized.•TiVNbMoC3 significantly improve the hydrogen storage properties of MgH2.•Layered TiVNbMoC3 serves as a separator for preventing the MgH2 grain...
Achieving Synergy in Laminated ZK60/MgEr Composite by Multiple Strengthening and Toughening Mechanisms
Available online 23 June 2026
•The ZK60/MgEr composite plate achieves an optimal balance between strength and ductility.•Systematically elucidated the deformation mechanisms during roll bonding.•The contributions of various strengthening...
Chemisorption-dominated organic–silicate hybrid anchoring on porous MgO for durable corrosion protection of AZ31 Mg alloy
Available online 23 June 2026
•Trp-siloxane hybrid on porous MgO enhances corrosion resistance.•Porous MgO interlayer essential for stable, protective hybrid coating.•Hyb@MgO achieves superior corrosion protection with ultra-low...
Structure of MgB2 ceramics obtained by spark plasma sintering and hot pressing methods
Available online 23 June 2026
•MgB2 ceramic obtained by SPS and HP methods were studied.•The framework of a continuous superconducting phase was obtained by the HP method.•Sintering by the SPS method is accompanied by the decomposition...
Study of fluoride mineralization behavior in CaC2 thermal reduction for magnesium production
Available online 23 June 2026
•Fluoride effects on reactants were clarified via thermodynamics and diffusion tests.•The influence of fluoride on the kinetic model of the reduction process has been clarified.•CaF2 addition improved...
The fabrication of Mg-Zn-Y-Nd minitubes via cyclic extrusion compression and hot drawing for vascular stent applications
Available online 23 June 2026
•The wall thickness of 0.14 mm minitubes were fabricated by CEC and hot drawing with fewer drawing and annealing passes.•Elevated drawing temperature enhances workability by activating non-basal slips...
Enhanced creep resistance in a heterostructured magnesium alloy through a bimodal grain microstructure
Available online 22 June 2026
•Bimodal microstructure balances room-temperature strength and creep resistance.•Unrecrystallized grains suppress localization and delay damage during high-temperature creep.•Al2Ca precipitates pin...
New era, new requirements: The urgent transformation and upgrading of standardization in the magnesium industry
Available online 19 June 2026
•Global magnesium industry standards are backward, fragmented and lack full lifecycle coverage, restricting green high-quality development.•Standard 4.0 has four core features for system reconstruction.•DSPRC...
Thermodynamics-governed integration of AI and ICME for materials design: Free-energy landscape and hierarchical entropy
Available online 16 June 2026
•Proposes a thermodynamics-governed AI-ICME integration framework.•Identifies the free-energy landscape as a unifying principle.•Establishes hierarchical entropy for all-scale thermodynamics.•Defines...
Modulating the microstructure of β′ phase in Mg-Nd alloys: A phase-field study
Available online 16 June 2026
•A 3D phase-field model incorporating external stress is developed to reveal the evolution of β′ precipitates under stress aging.•Compression stress aging (CSA) along 〈0001〉α promotes the synergistic...
Microstructure characteristic and fracture failure behavior of Mg-Al-Zn alloy joint fabricated by oscillating laser-CMT hybrid welding
Available online 15 June 2026
•This study investigates the weldability of the newly developed corrosion-resistant Mg-Al-Zn alloy.•The oscillating laser-CMT hybrid welding process yielded a refined microstructure and enhanced mechanical...
Optimizing internal Mg diffusion processed MgB2 superconductors: The minimal activation strategy
Available online 13 June 2026
•Nanoscale Cu coatings on Mg rods act as a low-temperature activator for IMD-MgB2 wires.•Localized Mg-Cu eutectic interactions enable MgB2 formation at low temperatures (575 °C).•Thicker Cu coatings...
LightAlloy-Bench: Benchmarking reasoning abilities of large language models in light alloys
Available online 12 June 2026
•Introduced LightAlloy-Bench, the first benchmark for evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) reasoning ability in Mg-, Al-, and Ti-based light alloys.•Constructed a hierarchical dataset comprising...
Effect of Al content on microstructural characteristics and tensile properties of extruded Mg–Al–Zn–Ca–Y alloy sheets
Available online 12 June 2026
•Al addition promotes DRX and intensifies the basal texture in extruded SEN Mg sheets.•Increasing Al content enhances texture, solid-solution, and particle strengthening effects.•Fine grain-boundary...
Quasi-in-situ EBSD analysis of twinning and detwinning in ZCW610 alloy
Available online 11 June 2026
•Biaxial compression favors twinning over detwinning.•Low-SF twins form under strain compatibility and local stress.•Internal stress drives reversible twin activation and detwinning....
Performance optimization of magnesium alloys for biomedical applications: Bulk strategies
Available online 11 June 2026
The role of rare earth additions on low cycle fatigue behavior of a Mg-2Nd-1Y-0.1Zr-0.1Ca alloy
Available online 11 June 2026
•Plasticity increased at higher strain amplitudes, leading to reduced fatigue life.•Bundled I1 intrinsic stacking faults formed via ⟨c+a⟩ dislocation dissociation.•Cyclic deformation was accommodated...
Cathodic secondary phases enable protective tribocorrosion layers in magnesium alloys
Available online 11 June 2026
•Cathodic secondary phases enhance tribocorrosion resistance via mechanochemical synergy.•Solid-solution alloys suffer from repetitive rupture of thin MgO films, leading to severe wear.•In-situ oxidation...
A review of wire-arc additive manufacturing magnesium alloys: parameters, microstructure, properties and strengthening strategies
Available online 11 June 2026
•First comprehensive review of wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) for Mg alloys over the past decade.•Strengthening strategies evaluated: alloy design, process optimization, postprocess.•Approaches...
Synchronously enhancing growth efficiency and corrosion resistance of plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings on magnesium alloys via interpretable machine learning
Available online 3 June 2026
•An interpretable ML pipeline was built for PEO process design in Mg alloys,integrating SHAP and Pareto optimization.•XGBoost models accurately predicted coating growth rate, porosity, and corrosion...
Evolution of multiscale heterostructures and comprehensive properties improvement in the large thickness ratio Ti/Al/Mg clad plates under heterothermal rolling
May 2026
•Ti/Al/Mg clad plates (1:1:40) fabricated via breakthrough heterothermal rolling.•Peel strength increases 4.2-fold via synergistic temperature-strain gradients.•Multi-scale heterostructure engineered...
Data-driven corrosion assessment of magnesium alloys: A multi-level graph attention network for quantitative hydrogen-evolution prediction
May 2026
•MGAT pioneers end-to-end mapping from Mg microstructure to H₂ evolution curves.•Zero-shot prediction of 0–100 h corrosion kinetics for new alloys, R² > 0.90.•Resistivity, density & phase fraction identified...
