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We introduce a machine-learning interatomic potential for tungsten using the Gaussian Approximation Potential framework. We specifically focus on properties relevant for simulations of radiation-induced collision cascades and the damage…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-10-24 Jesper Byggmästar , Ali Hamedani , Kai Nordlund , Flyura Djurabekova

Tantalum nitride (TaN) has attracted considerable attention due to its unique electronic and thermal properties, high thermal conductivity, and applications in electronic components. However, for the {\theta}-phase of TaN, significant…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-06 Zhicheng Zong , Yangjun Qin , Jiahong Zhan , Haisheng Fang , Nuo Yang

Molecular modeling is an important topic in drug discovery. Decades of research have led to the development of high quality scalable molecular force fields. In this paper, we show that neural networks can be used to train a universal…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2021-04-20 Ke Liu , Zekun Ni , Zhenyu Zhou , Suocheng Tan , Xun Zou , Haoming Xing , Xiangyan Sun , Qi Han , Junqiu Wu , Jie Fan

Prediction of the stable crystal structure for multinary (ternary or higher) compounds with unexplored compositions demands fast and accurate evaluation of free energies in exploring the vast configurational space. The machine-learning…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 Changho Hong , Jeong Min Choi , Wonseok Jeong , Sungwoo Kang , Suyeon Ju , Kyeongpung Lee , Jisu Jung , Yong Youn , Seungwu Han

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

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

We present a study on the transport and materials properties of aluminum spanning from ambient to warm dense matter conditions using a machine-learned interatomic potential (ML-IAP). Prior research has utilized ML-IAPs to simulate phenomena…

Large-scale atomistic simulations of materials heavily rely on interatomic potentials, which predict the system energy and atomic forces. One of the recent developments in the field is constructing interatomic potentials by machine-learning…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-09 Yi-Shen Lin , Ganga P. Purja Pun , Yuri Mishin

The advancement of machine learning technologies has revolutionized the search and optimization of material properties. These algorithms often rely on theoretical calculations, such as density functional theory (DFT), for data inputs and…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-11-06 Christopher Broyles , William Charles , Sheng Ran

Foundational Machine Learning Potentials can resolve the accuracy and transferability limitations of classical force fields. They enable microscopic insights into material behavior through Molecular Dynamics simulations, which can crucially…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-12-04 Paul Fuchs , Julija Zavadlav

The formally exact framework of equilibrium Density Functional Theory (DFT) is capable of simultaneously and consistently describing thermodynamic and structural properties of interacting many-body systems in arbitrary external potentials.…

Universal machine-learned interatomic potentials (uMLIPs) offer a promising approach to performing atomistic simulations at near-DFT accuracy with greatly reduced computational cost. Here, we present a new high-temperature benchmarking…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-29 Connor W. Edwards , Jack D. Evans

Universal machine learning interatomic potentials (uMLIPs) represent arguably the most successful application of machine learning to materials science, demonstrating remarkable performance across diverse applications. However, critical…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-26 Antoine Loew , Jonathan Schmidt , Silvana Botti , Miguel A. L. Marques

While molecular dynamics (MD) is a very useful computational method for atomistic simulations, modeling the interatomic interactions for reliable MD simulations of real materials has been a long-standing challenge. In 2007, Behler and…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-11 Ling Tang , Weiyi Xia , Gayatri Viswanathan , Ernesto Soto , Kirill Kovnir , Cai-Zhuang Wang

Neural network (NN) interatomic potentials provide fast prediction of potential energy surfaces, closely matching the accuracy of the electronic structure methods used to produce the training data. However, NN predictions are only reliable…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Daniel Schwalbe-Koda , Aik Rui Tan , Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli

Reactive chemistry of molecular hydrogen at surfaces, notably dissociative sticking and hydrogen evolution, plays a crucial role in energy storage and fuel cells. Theoretical studies can help to decipher underlying mechanisms and reaction…

Tungsten is a promising candidate material in fusion energy facilities. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations reveal the atomistic scale mechanisms, so they are crucial for the understanding of the macroscopic property deterioration of…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-19 XiaoYang Wang , YiNan Wang , LinFeng Zhang , FuZhi Dai , Han Wang

Universal machine learning interatomic potentials (uMLIPs) deliver near ab initio accuracy in energy and force calculations at low computational cost, making them invaluable for materials modeling. Although uMLIPs are pre-trained on vast ab…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-11 Pjotrs Žguns , Inga Pudza , Alexei Kuzmin

Simulations at the atomic scale provide a direct and effective way to understand the mechanical properties of materials. In the regime of classical mechanics, simulations for the thermodynamic properties of metals and alloys can be done by…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-11-05 Ka-Ming Tam , Nicholas Walker , Samuel Kellar , Mark Jarrell

The high-temperature heat capacity of uranium mononitride (UN) remains uncertain due to conflicting measurements and models above ~1700 K. To assess whether intrinsic defect formation contributes to the observed superlinear behavior of…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-25 Mohamed AbdulHameed , Benjamin Beeler