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Fabrication of magnesium-coated graphene and its effect on the microstructure of reinforced AZ91 magnesium-matrix composites

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The surface of graphene (GNP) has been successfully coated with magnesium nano-metal to form composite structures in situ via the organic chemical reduction method. The results demonstrate that the organic chemistry plated was successfully used to synthesize 30–50 nm Mg nanoparticles (nano-Mg) smoothly occurred on the surface of graphene. The HRTEM results confirmed that heterogeneous nucleation of Mg promoted the tight bonding between the nano-Mg and the graphene interfaces. In addition, the wettability and dispersibility of magnesium-coated graphene within the AZ91 alloy matrix have been greatly improved, resulting in more β-Mg17Al12 strengthening phase with a size of 100–300 nm dispersion and precipitation in the enhanced magnesium-matrix composite. These results reveal that the magnesium-coated graphene significantly affects the microstructure of the composite and exhibits an excellent reinforcement effect.

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The authors would like to thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51775521), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M661068), the Key Research and Development Project of Shanxi Province (201903D121009), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (No.201801D221154), and the Major Science and Technology Projects of Shanxi Province, China (No. 20181102012).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, China

    Rongxia Zhao, Zhanyong Zhao, Lizheng Zhang & Peikang Bai

  2. School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Jinxuan Pei

  3. National Key Laboratory for Remanufacturing, Army Academy of Armored Forces, Beijing, 100072, China

    Wenbo Du

  4. School of Science, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, China

    Jianfeng Gao

  5. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, People’s Republic of China

    Peikang Bai

  6. Engineering Research Center of Continuous Extrusion, Ministry of Education, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, 116028, China

    Di Tie

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Zhao, R., Pei, J., Du, W. et al. Fabrication of magnesium-coated graphene and its effect on the microstructure of reinforced AZ91 magnesium-matrix composites. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 5, 504–512 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-021-00336-8

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