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Disordered rocksalt (DRX) Li3V2O5 is a promising candidate for anode in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries because of its ideal low voltage, high rate capability, and superior cycling stability. Herein, we presents a comprehensive study of…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-31 Xingyu Guo , Chi Chen , Shyue Ping Ong

Neural Network Potentials (NNPs) have attracted significant attention as a method for accelerating density functional theory (DFT) calculations. However, conventional NNP models typically do not incorporate spin degrees of freedom, limiting…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-10 Koki Ueno , Satoru Ohuchi , Kazuhide Ichikawa , Kei Amii , Kensuke Wakasugi

Accurate evaluation of the thermal conductivity of a material can be a challenging task from both experimental and theoretical points of view. In particular for the nanostructured materials, the experimental measurement of thermal…

We review recent machine-learning (ML) approaches for point defects in non-metallic materials, with an emphasis on defect formation energies. Existing studies largely fall into two categories: direct ML models that predict defect energetics…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-19 Yu Kumagai , Shin Kiyohara

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) offer an efficient and accurate framework for large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, effectively bridging the gap between classical force fields and \textit{ab initio} methods. In…

Advances in machine learning (ML) techniques have enabled the development of interatomic potentials that promise both the accuracy of first principles methods and the low-cost, linear scaling, and parallel efficiency of empirical…

Using artificial neural-network machine learning (ANN-ML) to generate interatomic potentials has been demonstrated to be a promising approach to address the long-standing challenge of accuracy versus efficiency in molecular dynamics (MD)…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-16 Chao Zhang , Ling Tang , Yang Sun , Kai-Ming Ho , Renata M. Wentzcovitch , Cai-Zhuang Wang

We assess the accuracy of six universal machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) for predicting the temperature and pressure response of materials by molecular dynamics simulations. Accuracy is evaluated across 13 diverse materials…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-01 Konstantin Stracke , Connor W. Edwards , Jack D. Evans

Solidification governs the microstructure and, therefore, the mechanical response of metal components, yet the atomistic details of nucleation and defect formation are often difficult to determine experimentally. Molecular dynamics can…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 Ian Störmer , Julija Zavadlav

Machine learning interatomic potentials (ML-IAPs) enable quantum-accurate, classical molecular dynamics simulations of large systems, beyond reach of density functional theory (DFT). Yet, their efficiency and ability to predict systems…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-11-07 Lei Zhang , Gábor Csányi , Erik van der Giessen , Francesco Maresca

Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) promise to provide near density-functional theory accuracy at a fraction of the computational cost, offering a transformative route toward genuinely predictive chemistry. Yet their predictive…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-06 Jeff Armstrong , Adam Jackson , Alin Elena

Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials (MLIPs) require vast amounts of atomic structure data to learn forces and energies, and their performance continues to improve with training set size. Meanwhile, the even greater quantities of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Manasa Kaniselvan , Benjamin Kurt Miller , Meng Gao , Juno Nam , Daniel S. Levine

We introduce AceFF, a pre-trained machine learning interatomic potential (MLIP) optimized for small molecule drug discovery. While MLIPs have emerged as efficient alternatives to Density Functional Theory (DFT), generalizability across…

Foundational machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are being developed at a rapid pace, promising closer and closer approximation to ab initio accuracy. This unlocks the possibility to simulate much larger length and time scales.…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-27 Luuk H. E. Kempen , Raffaele Cheula , Mie Andersen

To further develop accurate and large-scale simulations of electrochemical interfaces, we propose a unified explicit electric potential framework to simultaneously predict atomic forces and electron density distributions. The framework…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Jingwen Zhou , Yawen Yu , Xuwei Liu , Chungen Liu

The lack of long-range electrostatics is a key limitation of modern machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs), hindering reliable applications to interfaces, charge-transfer reactions, polar and ionic materials, and biomolecules. In…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 Dongjin Kim , Bingqing Cheng

The design of efficient electrolysis devices for pure metal production requires accurate data on the properties of the melts used in the process. This work focuses on two key systems for calcium production: the molten Ca-Cu alloy and the…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-27 M. Polovinkin , N. Rybin , D. Maksimov , F. Valiev , A. Khudorozhkova , M. Laptev , A. Rudenko , A. Shapeev

Uncontrollable dendrites growth during electrochemical cycles leads to low Coulombic efficiency and critical safety issues in Li metal batteries. Hence, a comprehensive understanding of the dendrite formation mechanism is essential for…

Universal machine learning interatomic potentials have emerged as efficient tools for materials simulation, yet their reliability for elastic property prediction remains unclear. Here, we present a systematic benchmark of four uMLIPs --…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-06 Pengfei Gao , Haidi Wang

Li$_6$PS$_5$Cl is a promising candidate for the solid electrolyte in all-solid-state Li-ion batteries. In applications, this material is in a polycrystalline state with grain boundaries (GBs) that can affect ionic conductivity. While…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-02 Yongliang Ou , Yuji Ikeda , Lena Scholz , Sergiy Divinski , Felix Fritzen , Blazej Grabowski