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In this work, we study the damage in crystalline molybdenum material samples due to neutron bombardment in a primary knock-on atom range of 0.5-10 keV at room temperature. We perform machine learned molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with…
$\mathrm{Ga}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{3}$ is a wide-bandgap semiconductor of emergent importance for applications in electronics and optoelectronics. However, vital information of the properties of complex coexisting $\mathrm{Ga}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{3}$…
We explore different ways to simplify the evaluation of the smooth overlap of atomic positions (SOAP) many-body atomic descriptor [Bart\'{o}k et al., Phys. Rev. B 87, 184115 (2013)]. Our aim is to improve the computational efficiency of…
An accurate description of atomic interactions, such as that provided by first principles quantum mechanics, is fundamental to realistic prediction of the properties that govern plasticity, fracture or crack propagation in metals. However,…
Hydrogenation of amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) is critical for reducing defect densities, passivating mid-gap states and surfaces, and improving photoconductivity in silicon-based electro-optical devices. Modelling the atomic scale structure…
High-Temperature Superconductors (HTS) such as YBa2Cu3O7-delta (YBCO) are essential for next-generation Tokamak fusion reactors, where Rare-Earth Barium Copper Oxides (REBCO) form the functional layers in HTS magnets. Because YBCO's…
In an effort to build a stronger microscopic foundation for radiation damage models in gallium arsenide (GaAs), the electronic properties of radiation-induced damage clusters are studied with atomistic simulations. Molecular dynamics…
We propose a novel active learning scheme for automatically sampling a minimum number of uncorrelated configurations for fitting the Gaussian Approximation Potential (GAP). Our active learning scheme consists of an unsupervised machine…
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) based on tungsten (W) have emerged as promising candidates for plasma-facing components in future fusion reactors, owing to their excellent irradiation resistance. In this study, we construct an efficient…
Simulating collision cascades and radiation damage poses a long-standing challenge for existing interatomic potentials, both in terms of accuracy and efficiency. Machine-learning based interatomic potentials have shown sufficiently high…
The size and morphology of defect clusters formed during primary damage play a crucial role in the subsequent microstructural evolution of irradiated materials. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of collision cascades in tungsten (W) were…
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of successive collision cascades within the same simulation domain were performed using two different inter-atomic potentials (IAP) in tungsten, one EAM based and the other a `quantum accurate' machine…
Phase change materials such as Ge$_{2}$Sb$_{2}$Te$_{5}$ (GST) are ideal candidates for next-generation, non-volatile, solid-state memory due to the ability to retain binary data in the amorphous and crystal phases, and rapidly transition…
A method for performing variable-width (thawed) Gaussian wavepacket (GWP) variational dynamics on machine-learned potentials is presented. Instead of fitting the potential energy surface (PES), the anharmonic correction to the global…
Machine Learning (ML) potentials such as Gaussian Approximation Potential (GAP) have demonstrated impressive capabilities in mapping structure to properties across diverse systems. Here, we introduce a GAP model for low-dimensional Ni…
We present a general-purpose machine learning (ML) interatomic potential for carbon and hydrogen which is capable of simulating various materials and molecules composed of these elements. This ML interatomic potential is trained using the…
Niobium (Nb) and its alloys are extensively used in various technological applications owing to their favorable mechanical, thermal and irradiation properties. Accurately modeling Nb under irradiation is essential for predicting…
Accurate prediction of radiation damage in YBa$_2$Cu$3$O${7-\delta}$ (YBCO) is essential for assessing the performance of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes in compact fusion reactors. Existing empirical interatomic potentials…
We introduce a class of interatomic potential models that can be automatically generated from data consisting of the energies and forces experienced by atoms, derived from quantum mechanical calculations. The resulting model does not have a…
We have developed a new machine learned interatomic potential for the prototypical austenitic steel Fe$_{7}$Cr$_{2}$Ni, using the Gaussian approximation potential (GAP) framework. This new GAP can model the alloy's properties with close to…