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Interatomic potentials are essential for driving molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, directly impacting the reliability of predictions regarding the physical and chemical properties of materials. In recent years, machine-learned potentials…

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Machine-learned interatomic potentials are revolutionising atomistic materials simulations by providing accurate and scalable predictions within the scope covered by the training data. However, generation of an accurate and robust training…

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Empirical force fields remain the primary tool for large-scale molecular simulation, yet their limited flexibility and transferability often hinder predictive modeling in chemically complex condensed-phase systems. Here we present ORION, a…

Computational material discovery is under intense study owing to its ability to explore the vast space of chemical systems. Neural network potentials (NNPs) have been shown to be particularly effective in conducting atomistic simulations…

As a machine-learned potential, the neuroevolution potential (NEP) method features exceptional computational efficiency and has been successfully applied in materials science. Constructing high-quality training datasets is crucial for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Chengbing Chen , Yutong Li , Rui Zhao , Zhoulin Liu , Zheyong Fan , Gang Tang , Zhiyong Wang

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) with broad chemical flexibility are important for atomistic simulations of compositionally complex materials such as high-entropy alloys. Here, we study two state-of-the-art MLIP frameworks,…

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Although electrostatics can be incorporated into machine-learned interatomic potentials, existing approaches are computationally very demanding, limiting large-scale, long-time simulations of electrostatics-driven phenomena such as…

CrCoNi medium-entropy alloys exhibit exceptional mechanical properties arising from pronounced chemical complexity, including short-range order (SRO), and low stacking fault energy, posing challenges for large-scale atomistic simulations.…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-27 Yong-Chao Wu , Tero Mäkinen , Mikko Alava , Amin Esfandiarpour

In a previous paper [Fan Z \textit{et al}. 2021 Phys. Rev. B, \textbf{104}, 104309], we developed the neuroevolution potential (NEP), a framework of training neural network based machine-learning potentials using a natural evolution…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-01-25 Zheyong Fan

We develop a neuroevolution-potential (NEP) framework for generating neural network based machine-learning potentials. They are trained using an evolutionary strategy for performing large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. A…

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Aluminum oxide (alumina, Al$_2$O$_3$) exists in various structures and has broad industrial applications. While the crystal structure of $\alpha$-Al$_2$O$_3$ is well-established, those of transitional aluminas remain highly debated. In this…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-11 Lei Zhang , Wenhao Luo , Renxi Liu , Mohan Chen , Zhongbo Yan , Kun Cao

Machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have greatly extended the reach of atomic-scale simulations, offering the accuracy of first-principles calculations at a fraction of the cost. Leveraging large quantum mechanical databases and…

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) evaluate potential energy surfaces orders of magnitude faster while maintaining accuracy comparable to first-principles calculations, and universal MLIPs that cover most of the periodic table…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-03-04 Naoya Kuroda , Kenji Ishihara , Tomoya Shiota , Wataru Mizukami

Tobermorite and Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H) systems are indispensable cement materials but still lack a satisfactory interatomic potential with both high accuracy and high computational efficiency for better understanding their…

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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…

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The $\text{Cu}_7\text{P}\text{S}_6$ compound has garnered significant attention due to its potential in thermoelectric applications. In this study, we introduce a neuroevolution potential (NEP), trained on a dataset generated from ab initio…

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Simulating interactions between non-spherical colloidal particles is computationally challenging due to the complex dependency of forces and energies on their geometry. We introduce and evaluate both descriptor-based and end-to-end models…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-22 B. Rusen Argun , Antonia Statt

New refractory alloys are being continuously designed and characterised for applications requiring good high-temperature mechanical properties and stability. Computational design from atomistic simulations is limited by interatomic…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-05 Jesper Byggmästar , Tiago Lopes , Zheyong Fan , Tapio Ala-Nissila

Machine learning potentials (MLPs) achieve near first-principles accuracy but often fail for atomic environments outside the training distribution. Active learning can mitigate this limitation; however, its application to large-scale…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Junjie Wang , Shuning Pan , Haoting Zhang , Qiuhan Jia , Chi Ding , Zheyong Fan , Jian Sun

Finding new materials with previously unknown atomic structure or materials with optimal set of properties for a specific application greatly benefits from computational modeling. Recently, such screening has been dramatically accelerated…

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