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Machine Learned Interatomic Potentials (MLIPs) offer a powerful combination of abilities for accelerating theoretical spectroscopy calculations utilising both ensemble sampling and trajectory post-processing for inclusion of vibronic…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 Jacob Eller , Nicholas D. M. Hine

Explicit-electron force fields introduce electrons or electron pairs as semi-classical particles in force fields or empirical potentials, which are suitable for molecular dynamics simulations. Even though semi-classical electrons are a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-05-17 Maarten Cools-Ceuppens , Joni Dambre , Toon Verstraelen

Machine learning approaches have recently emerged as powerful tools to probe structure-property relationships in crystals and molecules. Specifically, Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIP) can accurately reproduce first-principles…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-01 Sasaank Bandi , Chao Jiang , Chris A. Marianetti

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) enable efficient molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with ab initio accuracy and have been applied across various domains in physical science. However, their performance often relies on…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-07-29 Taoyong Cui , Zhongyao Wang , Dongzhan Zhou , Yuqiang Li , Lei Bai , Wanli Ouyang , Mao Su , Shufei Zhang

The quality of machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) strongly depends on the quantity of training data as well as the quantum chemistry (QC) level of theory used. Datasets generated with high-fidelity QC methods are typically…

An active learning procedure called Deep Potential Generator (DP-GEN) is proposed for the construction of accurate and transferable machine learning-based models of the potential energy surface (PES) for the molecular modeling of materials.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-03-06 Linfeng Zhang , De-Ye Lin , Han Wang , Roberto Car , Weinan E

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

The central approximation made in classical molecular dynamics simulation of materials is the interatomic potential used to calculate the forces on the atoms. Great effort and ingenuity is required to construct viable functional forms and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Mitchell A. Wood , Mary Alice Cusentino , Brian D. Wirth , Aidan P. Thompson

Accurately modeling the structural reconstruction and thermodynamic behavior of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures remains a significant challenge due to the limitations of conventional force fields in capturing their complex mechanical,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-02-26 Hekai Bu , Wenwu Jiang , Penghua Ying , Ting Liang , Zheyong Fan , Wengen Ouyang

Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have become the gold standard for atomistic simulations, yet their extension to magnetic materials remains challenging because spin fluctuations must be captured either explicitly or…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-28 E. O. Khazieva , N. M. Chtchelkatchev , R. E. Ryltsev

The introduction of machine learned potentials (MLPs) has greatly expanded the space available for studying Nuclear Quantum Effects computationally with ab initio path integral (PI) accuracy, with the MLPs' promise of an accuracy comparable…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-12-03 Bo Thomsen , Yuki Nagai , Keita Kobayashi , Ikutaro Hamada , Motoyuki Shiga

Machine-learned interatomic potentials are fast becoming an indispensable tool in computational materials science. One approach is the ephemeral data-derived potential (EDDP), which was designed to accelerate atomistic structure prediction.…

Examination of thermal expansion of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials is a challenging theoretical task with either ab-initio or classical molecular dynamics simulations. In this regard, while ab-initio molecular dynamics (AIMD)…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-22 Bohayra Mortazavi , Ali Rajabpour , Xiaoying Zhuang , Timon Rabczuk , Alexander V. Shapeev

Large-scale atomistic computer simulations of materials rely on interatomic potentials providing computationally efficient predictions of energy and Newtonian forces. Traditional potentials have served in this capacity for over three…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-04 Y. Mishin

In recent years, significant progress has been made in the development of machine learning potentials (MLPs) for atomistic simulations with applications in many fields from chemistry to materials science. While most current MLPs are based…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-05-19 Tsz Wai Ko , Jonas A. Finkler , Stefan Goedecker , Jörg Behler

In the last few years, much efforts have gone into developing universal machine-learning potentials able to describe interactions for a wide range of structures and phases. Yet, as attention turns to more complex materials including alloys,…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-06-23 Eugène Sanscartier , Félix Saint-Denis , Karl-Étienne Bolduc , Normand Mousseau

Machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) offer a powerful avenue for simulations beyond length and timescales of ab initio methods. Their development for investigation of mechanical properties and fracture, however, is far from…

Universal Machine Learning Interactomic Potentials (MLIPs) enable accelerated simulations for materials discovery. However, current research efforts fail to impactfully utilize MLIPs due to: 1. Overreliance on Density Functional Theory…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-07 Santiago Miret , Kin Long Kelvin Lee , Carmelo Gonzales , Sajid Mannan , N. M. Anoop Krishnan

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

Predictive atomistic simulations are increasingly employed for data intensive high throughput studies that take advantage of constantly growing computational resources. To handle the sheer number of individual calculations that are needed…