Applications of magnesium alloys for aerospace: A review
October 2023
•As the lightest structural material, the development of magnesium alloy in aerospace application is summarized. Adding alloying elements is one of the effective methods to improve the mechanical properties...
Development and application of magnesium alloy parts for automotive OEMs: A review
January 2023
China is currently vigorously implementing the “energy conservation and emission reduction” and “dual carbon” strategies. As the most resource-advantaged light metal material in China, Magnesium (Mg)...
Magnesium research and applications: Past, present and future
November 2023
•Non/low-carbon production of primary Mg.•Increased end-of-life recycling of Mg components.•Corrosion-resistant and “stainless” Mg alloys.•Flame-resistant Mg alloy development.•Alloy development for...
The role and significance of Magnesium in modern day research-A review
January 2022
Magnesium is one of the largely available elements in the earth's crust. It has a low structural density with high specific strength. This unique material property has forced an increase in the use...
Magnesium casting technology for structural applications
March 2013
This paper summarizes the melting and casting processes for magnesium alloys. It also reviews the historical development of magnesium castings and their structural uses in the western world since 1921...
Magnesium alloys with rare-earth elements: Research trends applications, and future prospect
August 2025
•Manuscript presents a complete overview of the 15+ years journey of magnesium and its alloys, covering breakthrough discoveries and cutting-edge applications.•This article discusses the progress in...
Biodegradable Mg alloys for orthopedic implants – A review
15 November 2021
The last decade has seen a significant growth in the market for alloys used for implants, especially for those intended for orthopedic implants. Research into biodegradable magnesium-based alloys has...
Magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoadsorbents in wastewater treatment: A comprehensive review
May 2024
•Significant potential of MgO based nanoadsorbents as efficient materials for wastewater treatment is highlighted.•The remarkable adsorption capacity of MgO based nanoadsorbents is demonstrated.•The...
Research advances of magnesium and magnesium alloys globally in 2023
September 2024
•This review paper is aimed to summarize the latest important advances in cast magnesium alloys, wrought magnesium alloys, bio-magnesium alloys, Mg-based energy storage materials and corrosion and protection...
Improving the Young's modulus of Mg via alloying and compositing – A short review
August 2022
Lightweight, high-modulus structural materials are highly desired in many applications like aerospace, automobile and biomedical instruments. As the lightest metallic structural material, magnesium...
Advances in magnesium-based implants for biomedical applications: A comprehensive review and future perspectives
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...
Progress and prospects in magnesium alloy scrap recycling
December 2024
•Reviewed the complete process flows of magnesium alloy scrap recycling process, including scrap classification, sorting, pre-treatment and recycling.•Comprehensively summarized and evaluated the existing...
Latest research advances on magnesium and magnesium alloys worldwide
March 2020
In the past two years, significant progresses have been achieved in high-performance cast and wrought magnesium and magnesium alloys, magnesium-based composites, advanced cast technologies, advanced...
A review on thermal conductivity of magnesium and its alloys
March 2020
This review summarizes recent researching works the thermal conductivity of Mg–Zn, Mg–Al, Mg–Mn and Mg–RE alloys. Solute atoms, heat treatment, deformation and temperature, which have significant influence...
Advances in magnesium-based bioresorbable cardiovascular stents: Surface engineering and clinical prospects
March 2025
•Comprehensively evaluated the evolution of magnesium (Mg)-based cardiac stents.•Advancements in the surface engineering and alloying of Mg-based stents.•Discussed the recent research and development...
From microstructure to mechanical properties: Image-based machine learning prediction for AZ80 magnesium alloy
September 2025
•Deep learning model predicts strength and strain curves from SEM images of AZ80 alloy.•Achieved <2.2 % error in image-out validation for YS and UTS prediction.•Accurate stress-strain curve construction...
Magnesium alloys as extremely promising alternatives for temporary orthopedic implants – A review
August 2023
Mg alloys are emerging as potential and very promising alternatives for replacing permanent metallic implant materials such as steels and titanium in applications where the implants need to be removed...
A review of anticorrosive, superhydrophobic and self-healing properties of coating-composites as corrosion barriers on magnesium alloys: Recent advances, challenges and future directions
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,...
Research advances in magnesium and magnesium alloys worldwide in 2020
15 May 2021
Research on magnesium alloys continues to attract great attention, with more than 3000 papers on magnesium and magnesium alloys published and indexed in SCI in 2020 alone. The results of bibliometric...
Enhancing hydrogen storage performance of magnesium-based materials: A review on nanostructuring and catalytic modification
February 2025
•The review comprehensively details recent advancements in nanostructuring techniques, illustrating how these approaches significantly enhance the hydrogen storage performance of magnesium-based materials...
Thermodynamics and kinetics of hydriding and dehydriding reactions in Mg-based hydrogen storage materials
15 November 2021
Mg-based materials are one of the most promising hydrogen storage candidates due to their high hydrogen storage capacity, environmental benignity, and high Clarke number characteristics. However, the...
From macro-, through meso- to micro-scale: Densification behavior, deformation response and microstructural evolution of selective laser melted Mg-RE alloy
August 2025
•Densification of SLM Mg-RE alloy was affected by laser input from conduction to keyhole mode.•2 VPSC proves that deformation of SLM Mg-RE alloy was governed by the basal and prismatic slips.•Precipitation...
Review of electrical conductivity in magnesium alloys: Mechanisms, strategies and applications
September 2025
•Synergistic enhancement strategy for EC and strength of Mg alloy.•Design principles for conductive Mg alloys based on first principles.•Focus on optimizing Mg alloy EC through defect analysis....
Research advances of magnesium and magnesium alloys worldwide in 2022
August 2023
•This review paper is aimed to summarize the latest important advances in cast magnesium alloys, wrought magnesium alloys, bio-magnesium alloys, Mg-based energy storage materials and corrosion and protection...
A state-of-the-art review on recent advances in the fabrication and characteristics of magnesium-based alloys in biomedical applications
July 2024
•To review on development of magnesium and its alloys.•To investigate multiple biomedical applications of magnesium-based materials including orthopedic implants, cardiovascular implants, biodegradable...