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Universal machine-learning interatomic potentials (uMLIPs) have become powerful tools for accelerating computational materials discovery by replacing expensive first-principles calculations in crystal structure prediction (CSP). However,…

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Efficiently and accurately determining the symmetry is a crucial step in the structural analysis of crystalline materials. Existing methods usually mindlessly apply deep learning models while ignoring the underlying chemical rules. More…

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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…

We present a scheme to obtain an inexpensive and reliable estimate of the uncertainty associated with the predictions of a machine-learning model of atomic and molecular properties. The scheme is based on resampling, with multiple models…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-10-06 Felix Musil , Michael J. Willatt , Mikhail A. Langovoy , Michele Ceriotti

Characterizing crystal structures and interfaces down to the atomic level is an important step for designing advanced materials. Modern electron microscopy routinely achieves atomic resolution and is capable to resolve complex arrangements…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-09-07 Andreas Leitherer , Byung Chul Yeo , Christian H. Liebscher , Luca M. Ghiringhelli

Despite an artificial intelligence-assisted modeling of disordered crystals is a widely used and well-tried method of new materials design, the issues of its robustness, reliability, and stability are still not resolved and even not…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-11-08 Fedor S. Avilov , Roman A. Eremin , Semen A. Budennyy , Innokentiy S. Humonen

Materials properties depend strongly on chemical composition, i.e., the relative amounts of each chemical element. Changes in composition lead to entirely different chemical arrangements, which vary in complexity from perfectly ordered…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-24 Killian Sheriff , Daniel Xiao , Yifan Cao , Lewis R. Owen , Rodrigo Freitas

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are routinely used to model diverse atomistic phenomena, yet parameterizing them to accurately capture solid-state phase transformations remains difficult. We present error metrics and…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-21 Lorenzo Piersante , Anirudh Raju Natarajan

A very active area of materials research is to devise methods that use machine learning to automatically extract predictive models from existing materials data. While prior examples have demonstrated successful models for some applications,…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-29 Logan Ward , Ankit Agrawal , Alok Choudhary , Christopher Wolverton

In solid-state materials science, substantial efforts have been devoted to the calculation and modeling of the electronic band gap. While a wide range of ab initio methods and machine learning algorithms have been created that can predict…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-07 Andrew Ma , Owen Dugan , Marin Soljačić

Crystal Structure Prediction (CSP) remains a fundamental challenge with significant implications for the development of new materials and the advancement of various scientific disciplines. Recent developments have shown that generative…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Yang Liu , Chuan Zhou , Shuai Zhang , Peng Zhang , Xixun Lin , Shirui Pan

Machine learning has been applied to the problem of X-ray diffraction phase prediction with promising results. In this paper, we describe a method for using machine learning to predict crystal structure phases from X-ray diffraction data of…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-26 Maksim Zhdanov , Andrey Zhdanov

Atomic structure analysis of crystalline materials is a paramount endeavor in both chemical and material sciences. This sophisticated technique necessitates not only a solid foundation in crystallography but also a profound comprehension of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Kaipeng Zheng , Weiran Huang , Wanli Ouyang , Han-Sen Zhong , Yuqiang Li

The increased time- and length-scale of classical molecular dynamics simulations have led to raw data flows surpassing storage capacities, necessitating on-the-fly integration of structural analysis algorithms. As a result, algorithms must…

Global optimization of crystal compositions is a significant yet computationally intensive method to identify stable structures within chemical space. The specific physical properties linked to a three-dimensional atomic arrangement make…

Molecular crystals often exist in multiple competing polymorphs, showing significantly different physico-chemical properties. Computational crystal structure prediction is key to interpret and guide the search for the most stable or useful…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-09-16 Mariana Rossi , Piero Gasparotto , Michele Ceriotti

Solving black-box optimization problems with Ising machines is increasingly common in materials science. However, their application to crystal structure prediction (CSP) is still ineffective due to symmetry agnostic encoding of atomic…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-10 Chen Liang , Diptesh Das , Jiang Guo , Ryo Tamura , Zetian Mao , Koji Tsuda

Predicting quasicrystal structures is a multifaceted problem that can involve predicting a previously unknown phase, predicting the structure of an experimentally observed phase, or predicting the thermodynamic stability of a given…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-08-21 Michael Widom , Marek Mihalkovic

Lattice constants such as unit cell edge lengths and plane angles are important parameters of the periodic structures of crystal materials. Predicting crystal lattice constants has wide applications in crystal structure prediction and…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-11-02 Yuxin Li , Wenhui Yang , Rongzhi Dong , Jianjun Hu

The local arrangement of atoms is one of the most important predictors of mechanical and functional properties of materials. However, algorithms for identifying the geometrical arrangements of atoms in complex materials systems are lacking.…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-04-15 Arash Dehghan Banadaki , Jason J. Maldonis , Paul M. Voyles , Srikanth Patala