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Applications in Materials Design
Published in Nirupam Chakraborti, Data-Driven Evolutionary Modeling in Materials Technology, 2023
The 6xxx series alloys contain both Mg and S in a molar ratio of approximately 2:1, corresponding to magnesium silicide (Mg2Si). These are medium-strength alloys, but mechanical properties like weldability, formability, and machinability are good. They also have good corrosion resistance.
Nanotechnology Applications in Nanomedicine: Prospects and Challenges
Published in Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Majid Kamli, Jamal S. M. Sabir, Hesham F. Alharby, Diverse Applications of Nanotechnology in the Biological Sciences, 2022
Arpita Dey, Smhrutisikha Biswal, Somaiah Sundarapandian
Modulation of host anticancer immunity by using nanomaterials opened novel cancer therapeutics. Cancer immunotherapy utilizes the body’s innate immune system against cancer cells. It enhances anticancer immunity by selectively regulating critical signaling pathways within immune cells and inducing significant antitumor effects and improving cancer therapeutics (Jiang et al., 2017). The optimal antitumor immune responses are linked with reducing the intrinsic immune suppressive signals inside the tumor. For example, inorganic nanocrystals [magnesium silicide (Mg2Si), for example] can control local oxygen concentration inside a tumor and scavenge excess immune-suppressive extracellular ions, potentially reprogram the tumor microenvironment for better therapeutic results (Zhang et al., 2017).
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Published in Sergio Pizzini, Defects in Nanocrystals, 2020
(ΔG=−375.01kJmol−1 at 520°C) [58] has been considered potentially useful to obtain nc-Si thin films at relatively low temperatures (500–750°C), maintaining the original micro- or nanostructures of the parent SiO2 phases [59]. This process, however, occurs in competition with that leading to magnesium silicide (Mg2Si) in the same temperature range [59,60]SiO2+4Mg→Mg2Si+2MgO
Substitutional and interstitial impurity p-type doping of thermoelectric Mg2Si: a theoretical study
Published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 2019
Naomi Hirayama, Tsutomu Iida, Mariko Sakamoto, Keishi Nishio, Noriaki Hamada
Thermoelectric silicide materials have attracted considerable attention over the last decade because of their potential applicability in renewable and sustainable energy technologies. Magnesium silicide (Mg2Si) [1–3], a narrow-gap semiconductor with anti-fluorite crystal structure, is a promising candidate for mid-temperature (600–900 K) thermoelectric applications, owing to its non-toxicity, low production cost, and low weight. However, significant improvement of the thermoelectric conversion efficiency of Mg2Si is required for its successful commercialization.