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We have developed an efficient and reliable methodology for crystal structure prediction, merging ab initio total-energy calculations and a specifically devised evolutionary algorithm. This method allows one to predict the most stable…

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Prediction of stable crystal structures at given pressure-temperature conditions, based only on the knowledge of the chemical composition, is a central problem of condensed matter physics. This extremely challenging problem is often termed…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-20 A. R. Oganov , Y. Ma , A. O. Lyakhov , M. Valle , C. Gatti

Reliable and robust methods of predicting the crystal structure of a compound, based only on its chemical composition, is crucial to the study of materials and their applications. Despite considerable ongoing research efforts, crystal…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-07-26 Qi-Jun Hong , Joseph Yasi , Axel van de Walle

First-principles based crystal structure prediction (CSP) methods have revealed an essential tool for the discovery of new materials. However, in solids close to displacive phase transitions, which are common in ferroelectrics,…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-17 Hao Gao , Yue-Wen Fang , Ion Errea

Silver-based chalcohalide anti-perovskites (CAP), Ag$_{3}$BC (B = S, Se; C = Cl, Br, I), represent an emerging family of energy materials with intriguing optoelectronic, vibrational and ionic transport properties. However, the structural…

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,…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-04 Yuqi An , Zhenbin Wang

Crystalline materials are widely used in technological applications, yet their discovery remains a significant challenge. As their properties are driven by structure, crystal structure prediction (CSP) methods play a central role in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Stavros Gerolymatos , J. Kyle Brubaker , Martin J. A. Schuetz , Vladimir V. Gusev

Crystal Structure Prediction (csp) is one of the central and most challenging problems in materials science and computational chemistry. In csp, the goal is to find a configuration of ions in 3D space that yields the lowest potential…

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We have developed a software package CALYPSO (Crystal structure AnaLYsis by Particle Swarm Optimization) to predict the energetically stable/metastable crystal structures of materials at given chemical compositions and external conditions…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-05 Yanchao Wang , Jian Lv , Li Zhu , Yanming Ma

The discovery of new materials using crystal structure prediction (CSP) based on generative machine learning models has become a significant research topic in recent years. In this paper, we study invariance and continuity in the generative…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Yuji Tone , Masatoshi Hanai , Mitsuaki Kawamura , Kenjiro Taura , Toyotaro Suzumura

Crystal structure prediction (CSP) is emerging as a powerful method for the computational design of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). In this article we employ CSP to perform high-throughput exploration of the crystal energy landscape of…

In computational chemistry, crystal structure prediction (CSP) is an optimization problem that involves discovering the lowest energy stable crystal structure for a given chemical formula. This problem is challenging as it requires…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-17 Han Qi , Xinyang Geng , Stefano Rando , Iku Ohama , Aviral Kumar , Sergey Levine

Crystal Structure Prediction (CSP) is crucial in various scientific disciplines. While CSP can be addressed by employing currently-prevailing generative models (e.g. diffusion models), this task encounters unique challenges owing to the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-08 Rui Jiao , Wenbing Huang , Peijia Lin , Jiaqi Han , Pin Chen , Yutong Lu , Yang Liu

Structure is the most basic and important property of crystalline solids; it determines directly or indirectly most materials characteristics. However, predicting crystal structure of solids remains a formidable and not fully solved…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-04 Haotong Liang , Valentin Stanev , A. Gilad Kusne , Ichiro Takeuchi

Accurate crystal structure prediction (CSP) requires accounting for finite-temperature and nuclear quantum effects, yet first-principles evaluation of the free energy surface (FES) remains prohibitive for high-throughput searches. We…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-23 Xiaoyang Wang , Yinan Wang , Wenbo Zhao , Hanyu Liu , Hao Xie , Lei Wang , Han Wang

High-pressure crystal structure prediction (CSP) underpins advances in condensed matter physics, planetary science, and materials discovery. Yet, most large atomistic models are trained on near-ambient, equilibrium data, leading to degraded…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-15 Yinan Wang , Xiaoyang Wang , Zhenyu Wang , Jing Wu , Jian Lv , Han Wang

Crystal structure prediction (CSP) is a useful tool in pharmaceutical development for identifying and assessing risks associated with polymorphism, yet widespread adoption has been hindered by high computational costs and the need for both…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-07-23 Zachary L. Glick , Derek P. Metcalf , Scott F. Swarthout

Determining the stability of chemical compounds is essential for advancing material discovery. In this study, we introduce a novel deep neural network model designed to predict a crystal's formation energy, which identifies its stability…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-21 V. Torlao , E. A. Fajardo

Recent advances in deep learning generative models (GMs) have created high capabilities in accessing and assessing complex high-dimensional data, allowing superior efficiency in navigating vast material configuration space in search of…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-11-13 Xiaoshan Luo , Zhenyu Wang , Pengyue Gao , Jian Lv , Yanchao Wang , Changfeng Chen , Yanming Ma

Crystal structure forms the foundation for understanding the physical and chemical properties of materials. Generative models have emerged as a new paradigm in crystal structure prediction(CSP), however, accurately capturing key…

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