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Atomistic modeling is a widely employed theoretical method of computational materials science. It has found particular utility in the study of magnetic materials. Initially, magnetic empirical interatomic potentials or spin-polarized…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-07-02 Tatiana S. Kostiuchenko , Alexander V. Shapeev , Ivan S. Novikov

Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are deployed for high-throughput materials screening without formal reliability guarantees. We show that a single MLIP used as a stability filter misses 93% of density functional theory…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-16 Abhinaba Basu , Pavan Chakraborty

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) enable reactive molecular simulations with near-DFT accuracy, yet applying them efficiently to large, realistic condensed-phase systems remains computationally demanding. Here we…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-25 Yu Miyazaki , Atsuhiro Tomita , Akihide Hayashi , So Takamoto , Mizuki Takemoto , Hodaka Mori

Low-cost, non-empirical corrections to semi-local density functional theory are essential for accurately modeling transition metal chemistry. Here, we demonstrate the judiciously-modified density functional theory (jmDFT) approach with…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-05-25 Akash Bajaj , Chenru Duan , Aditya Nandy , Michael G. Taylor , Heather J. Kulik

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have become increasingly effective at approximating quantum mechanical calculations at a fraction of the computational cost. However, lower errors on held out test sets do not always translate…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-04-24 Xiang Fu , Brandon M. Wood , Luis Barroso-Luque , Daniel S. Levine , Meng Gao , Misko Dzamba , C. Lawrence Zitnick

Point defects play a central role in driving the properties of materials. First-principles methods are widely used to compute defect energetics and structures, including at scale for high-throughput defect databases. However, these methods…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Evan Dramko , Yihuang Xiong , Yizhi Zhu , Geoffroy Hautier , Thomas Reps , Christopher Jermaine , Anastasios Kyrillidis

The need to use a short time step is a key limit on the speed of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Simulations governed by classical potentials are often accelerated by using a multiple-time-step (MTS) integrator that evaluates certain…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-10-24 Xiang Fu , Albert Musaelian , Anders Johansson , Tommi Jaakkola , Boris Kozinsky

Establishing the structure-property relationship for grain boundaries (GBs) is critical for developing next generation functional materials, but has been severely hampered due to its extremely large configurational space. Atomistic…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-11-12 Amirreza Hashemi , Ruiqiang Guo , Keivan Esfarjani , Sangyeop Lee

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have become powerful tools to extend molecular simulations beyond the limits of quantum methods, offering near-quantum accuracy at much lower computational cost. Yet, developing reliable MLIPs…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-30 Adam Lahouari , Jutta Rogal , Mark E. Tuckerman

Density functional theory (DFT) stands as a cornerstone method in computational quantum chemistry and materials science due to its remarkable versatility and scalability. Yet, it suffers from limitations in accuracy, particularly when…

Density Functional Theory (DFT) stands as a widely used and efficient approach for addressing the many-electron Schr\"odinger equation across various domains such as physics, chemistry, and biology. However, a core challenge that persists…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Sizhuo Jin , Shuo Chen , Jianjun Qian , Ying Tai , Jun Li

We propose a new molecular simulation framework that combines the transferability, robustness and chemical flexibility of an ab initio method with the accuracy and efficiency of a machine learned force field. The key to achieve this mix is…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Sebastian Dick , Marivi Fernandez-Serra

Computational virtual high-throughput screening (VHTS) with density functional theory (DFT) and machine-learning (ML)-acceleration is essential in rapid materials discovery. By necessity, efficient DFT-based workflows are carried out with a…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-25 Chenru Duan , Shuxin Chen , Michael G. Taylor , Fang Liu , Heather J. Kulik

Universal machine learning interatomic potentials (uMLIPs) have recently been formulated and shown to generalize well. When applied out-of-sample, further data collection for improvement of the uMLIPs may, however, be required. In this work…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-11 Joe Pitfield , Mads-Peter Verner Christiansen , Bjørk Hammer

Understanding the structure and thermodynamics of solvated ions is essential for advancing applications in electrochemistry, water treatment, and energy storage. While ab initio molecular dynamics methods are highly accurate, they are…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-07-15 Ademola Soyemi , Tibor Szilvasi

Methodologies for training machine learning potentials (MLPs) to quantum-mechanical simulation data have recently seen tremendous progress. Experimental data has a very different character than simulated data, and most MLP training…

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) have attracted increasing attention due to their unique structural and functional properties. In the study of HEAs, thermodynamic properties and phase stability play a crucial role, making phase diagram…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-01 Siya Zhu , Doguhan Sariturk , Raymundo Arroyave

Accurate and scalable machine-learned inter-atomic potentials (MLIPs) are essential for molecular simulations ranging from drug discovery to new material design. Current state-of-the-art models enforce roto-translational symmetries through…

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…