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The next generation of force fields for molecular dynamics will be developed using a wealth of data. Training systematically with experimental data remains a challenge, however, especially for machine learning potentials. Differentiable…

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A molecule's geometry, also known as conformation, is one of a molecule's most important properties, determining the reactions it participates in, the bonds it forms, and the interactions it has with other molecules. Conventional…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-01 Elman Mansimov , Omar Mahmood , Seokho Kang , Kyunghyun Cho

Force fields for molecular dynamics are usually developed manually, limiting their transferability and making systematic exploration of functional forms challenging. We developed a graph neural network that assigns all force field…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2026-03-18 Alexandre Blanco-González , Thea K Schulze , Evianne Rovers , Joe G Greener

Predicting the adsorption affinity of a small molecule to a target surface is of importance to a range of fields, from catalysis to drug delivery and human safety, but a complex task to perform computationally when taking into account the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-11-16 Ian Rouse , Vladimir Lobaskin

The training set of atomic configurations is key to the performance of any Machine Learning Force Field (MLFF) and, as such, the training set selection determines the applicability of the MLFF model for predictive molecular simulations.…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Gregory Fonseca , Igor Poltavsky , Valentin Vassilev-Galindo , Alexandre Tkatchenko

Accurate prediction of energy and forces for 3D molecular systems is one of fundamental challenges at the core of AI for Science applications. Many powerful and data-efficient neural networks predict molecular energies and forces from…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Ali Mollahosseini , Mohammed Haroon Dupty , Wee Sun Lee

This paper proposes a machine learning (ML) method to predict stable molecular geometries from their chemical composition. The method is useful for generating molecular conformations which may serve as initial geometries for saving time…

Machine learning has the potential to automate molecular design and drastically accelerate the discovery of new functional compounds. Towards this goal, generative models and reinforcement learning (RL) using string and graph…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-02 Daniel Flam-Shepherd , Alexander Zhigalin , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Machine learning techniques are essential tools to compute efficient, yet accurate, force fields for atomistic simulations. This approach has recently been extended to incorporate quantum computational methods, making use of variational…

Machine-learned coarse-grained (CG) models have the potential for simulating large molecular complexes beyond what is possible with atomistic molecular dynamics. However, training accurate CG models remains a challenge. A widely used…

Conventional molecular dynamics (MD) simulation approaches, such as $\textit{ab initio}$ MD (AIMD) and empirical force field MD (EFFMD), face significant trade-offs between physical accuracy and computational efficiency. This work presents…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-05-12 Hongyu Yan , Yong Wei , Minghan Chen , Hanning Chen

Machine learning (ML) force fields are one of the most common applications of ML methods in the field of physical and chemical science. In the optimal case, they are able to reach accuracy close to the first principles methods with…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-10-14 Antti Pihlajamäki , Sami Malola , Tommi Kärkkäinen , Hannu Häkkinen

Quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been developed to simulate molecular systems, where an explicit description of changes in the electronic structure is necessary. However, QM/MM MD…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-04-15 Lennard Böselt , Moritz Thürlemann , Sereina Riniker

Classical empirical force fields have dominated biomolecular simulation for over 50 years. Although widely used in drug discovery, crystal structure prediction, and biomolecular dynamics, they generally lack the accuracy and transferability…

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulates the time evolution of atomic systems governed by interatomic forces, and the fidelity of these simulations depends critically on the underlying force model. Classical force fields (CFFs) rely on fixed…

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Machine learning encompasses a set of tools and algorithms which are now becoming popular in almost all scientific and technological fields. This is true for molecular dynamics as well, where machine learning offers promises of extracting…

To address the computational challenges of ab initio molecular dynamics and the accuracy limitations of empirical force fields, the introduction of machine learning force fields has proven effective in various systems including metals and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-12-18 Junbao Hu , Liyang Zhou , Jian Jiang

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is essential for various scientific domains but computationally expensive. Learning-based force fields have made significant progress in accelerating ab-initio MD simulation but are not fast enough for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Xiang Fu , Tian Xie , Nathan J. Rebello , Bradley D. Olsen , Tommi Jaakkola

With the rapid increase of big data, distributed Machine Learning (ML) has been widely applied in training large-scale models. Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) is arguably the workhorse algorithm of ML. Distributed ML models trained by SGD…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-09 Keyu Yang , Lu Chen , Zhihao Zeng , Yunjun Gao

Machine learning (ML) plays an important role in quantum chemistry, providing fast-to-evaluate predictive models for various properties of molecules. However, most existing ML models for molecular electronic properties use density…

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