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Exploration of new superconductors still relies on the experience and intuition of experts and is largely a process of experimental trial and error. In one study, only 3% of the candidate materials showed superconductivity. Here, we report…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-20 Tomohiko Konno , Hodaka Kurokawa , Fuyuki Nabeshima , Yuki Sakishita , Ryo Ogawa , Iwao Hosako , Atsutaka Maeda

We search for new superhard B-N-O compounds with an iterative machine learning (ML) procedure, where ML models are trained using sample crystal structures from evolutionary algorithm. We first use cohesive energy to evaluate the…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-06-22 Wei-Chih Chen , Yogesh K. Vohra , Cheng-Chien Chen

We present a generative modeling framework for atomistic systems that combines score-based diffusion for atomic positions with a novel continuous-time discrete diffusion process for atomic types. This approach enables flexible and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Nikolaj Rønne , Bjørk Hammer

The past few years have witnessed vibrant efforts in discovering new two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials from both academia and the industry, due to their promising potential in resolving the severe performance deterioration of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Kavinda Athapaththu , Shiwei Chen , Yuan Fang , Sanchali Mitra , Yee Sin Ang , Yong Wang

The exotic properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials and 2D heterostructures, built by forming heterogeneous multi-layered stacks, have been widely explored across a number of subject matters following the goal to invent, design, and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-12 Chandraman Patil , Hamed Dalir , Jin Ho Kang , Albert Davydov , Chee Wei Wong , Volker J. Sorger

Two-dimension (2D) semiconductor materials have attracted much attention and research interest for their novel properties suitable for electronic and optoelectronic applications. In this paper, we have proposed an idea in new 2D materials…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-04-13 Qingxing Xie , Junhui Yuan , Niannian Yu , Lisheng Wang , Jiafu Wang

The electronic structure of a material fundamentally determines its underlying physical, and by extension, its functional properties. Consequently, the ability to identify or generate materials with desired electronic properties would…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-09 Shuyi Jia , Panchapakesan Ganesh , Victor Fung

De novo crystal generation, a central task in materials discovery, aims to generate crystals that are simultaneously valid, stable, unique, and novel. Existing methods mainly rely on black-box stochastic sampling, providing limited control…

With the growing availability of data within various scientific domains, generative models hold enormous potential to accelerate scientific discovery. They harness powerful representations learned from datasets to speed up the formulation…

Electrides are exotic compounds in which excess electrons occupy interstitial regions of the crystal lattice and serve as anions, exhibiting exceptional properties such as low work function, high electron mobility, and strong catalytic…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-30 Shuo Tao , Qiang Zhu

Materials discovery is a computationally intensive process that requires exploring vast chemical spaces to identify promising candidates with desirable properties. In this work, we propose using quantum-enhanced machine learning algorithms…

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have shown broad application prospects in fields such as energy, environment, and aerospace owing to their unique electrical, mechanical, thermal and other properties. With the development of artificial…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-02 Chengbo Li , Ying Wang , Qianying Wang , Zhizhi Tan , Haiqing Jia , Yi Liu , Li Qian , Nian Ran , Jianjun Liu , Zhixiong Zhang

The discovery of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) with application-specific properties remains a central challenge in materials chemistry, owing to the immense size and complexity of their structural design space. Conventional computational…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Srivathsan Badrinarayanan , Rishikesh Magar , Akshay Antony , Radheesh Sharma Meda , Amir Barati Farimani

An image-based deep learning framework is developed in this paper to predict damage and failure in microstructure-dependent composite materials. The work is motivated by the complexity and computational cost of high-fidelity simulations of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Reza Sepasdar , Anuj Karpatne , Maryam Shakiba

We present a combined experimental and computational methodology for the discovery of new materials. Density functional theory (DFT) formation energy calculations allow us to predict the stability of various hypothetical structures. We…

A major challenge in materials design is how to efficiently search the vast chemical design space to find the materials with desired properties. One effective strategy is to develop sampling algorithms that can exploit both explicit…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-30 Yabo Dan , Yong Zhao , Xiang Li , Shaobo Li , Ming Hu , Jianjun Hu

Understanding and predicting the emergence of novel materials is a fundamental challenge in condensed matter physics, materials science and technology. With the rapid growth of materials databases in both size and reliability, the challenge…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-14 Jacopo Moi , Davide Spallarossa , Stefano Bonetti , Raffaella Burioni , Guido Caldarelli

Thanks to their unique properties single-layer 2-D materials appear as excellent candidates to extend Moore's scaling law beyond the currently manufactured silicon FinFETs. However, the known 2-D semiconducting components, essentially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-30 Cedric Klinkert , Áron Szabó , Christian Stieger , Davide Campi , Nicola Marzari , Mathieu Luisier

The inverse design of materials with specific desired properties, such as high-temperature superconductivity, represents a formidable challenge in materials science due to the vastness of chemical and structural space. We present a guided…

The ability to rapidly develop materials with desired properties has a transformative impact on a broad range of emerging technologies. In this work, we introduce a new framework based on the diffusion model, a recent generative machine…