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Small integration time steps limit molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to millisecond time scales. Markov state models (MSMs) and equation-free approaches learn low-dimensional kinetic models from MD simulation data by performing…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-07-03 Hythem Sidky , Wei Chen , Andrew L. Ferguson

A new pairwise hybrid machine-learning/molecular mechanics (ML/MM) potential is introduced that is conceived for application to large, heterogeneous condensed-phase systems. The PhysNet ML method describes monomers and short-range dimer…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Kham Lek Chaton , Eric D. Boittier , Mike Devereux , Markus Meuwly

Silicon carbide (SiC) divacancies are attractive candidates for spin defect qubits possessing long coherence times and optical addressability. The high activation barriers associated with SiC defect formation and motion pose challenges for…

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) balance high accuracy and lower costs compared to density functional theory calculations, but their performance often depends on the size and diversity of training datasets. Large datasets…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Benjamin Yu , Vincenzo Lordi , Daniel Schwalbe-Koda

Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs), particularly graph neural network (GNN)-based models, offer a promising route to achieving near-density functional theory (DFT) accuracy at significantly reduced computational cost. However,…

Universal machine-learned interatomic potentials (U-MLIPs) have demonstrated effectiveness across diverse atomistic systems but often require fine-tuning for task-specific accuracy. We investigate the fine-tuning of two MACE-based…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-06-10 Xiaoqing Liu , Kehan Zeng , Yangshuai Wang , Teng Zhao

Machine-learning interatomic potential (MLIP) has been of growing interest as a useful method to describe the energetics of systems of interest. In the present study, we examine the accuracy of linearized pairwise MLIPs and…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-08-01 Akira Takahashi , Atsuto Seko , Isao Tanaka

Understanding the complex behavior of molecular systems is fundamental to fields such as physics, materials science, and biology. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are crucial tools for studying atomic-level dynamics. This work focuses on…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-07-16 David Martin , Samuel James Newcome , Markus Mühlhäußer , Manish Kumar Mishra , Fabio Alexander Gratl , Hans-Joachim Bungartz

Free energy profiles serve as a fundamental bridge between microscopic atomic fluctuations and macroscopic thermodynamic observables. Estimating the free energy profile along a reaction coordinate, referred to as the potential of mean force…

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are routinely used atomic simulations, but generating databases of atomic configurations used in fitting these models is a laborious process, requiring significant computational and human…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-07-26 Connor Allen , Albert P. Bartók

The formation of extended sulfur vacancies in MoS2 monolayers is closely associated with catalytic activity and may also be the basis for its memristive behavior. Nanosecond-scale molecular dynamics simulations using machine learning…

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations play an important role in understanding and engineering heat transport properties of complex materials. An essential requirement for reliably predicting heat transport properties is the use of accurate…

Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials (MLIPs) have successfully demonstrated scaling behavior, i.e. the power-law improvement in training performance, however the emergence of novel capabilities at scale remains unexplored. We have…

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

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

The ability to accurately model interatomic interactions in large-scale systems is fundamental to understanding a wide range of physical and chemical phenomena, from drug-protein binding to the behavior of next-generation materials. While…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-05-26 Taskin Mehereen , Sourav Saha , Intesar Jawad Jaigirdar , Chanwook Park

Machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have made a significant contribution to the recent progress in the fields of computational materials and chemistry due to the MLIPs' ability of accurately approximating energy landscapes of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-09-20 Max Hodapp , Alexander Shapeev

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have introduced a new paradigm for atomic simulations. Recent advancements have seen the emergence of universal MLIPs (uMLIPs) that are pre-trained on diverse materials datasets, providing…

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) can now reproduce the energy, forces and stresses of bulk materials with high accuracy compared to first-principles calculations. The description of imperfections, where coordination…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-06 Xinwei Wang , Irea Mosquera-Lois , Aron Walsh

Machine learning methods have nowadays become easy-to-use tools for constructing high-dimensional interatomic potentials with ab initio accuracy. Although machine learned interatomic potentials are generally orders of magnitude faster than…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Yaolong Zhang , Ce Hu , Bin Jiang