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We present evidence that learned density functional theory (``DFT'') force fields are ready for ground state catalyst discovery. Our key finding is that relaxation using forces from a learned potential yields structures with similar or…

Two types of approaches to modeling molecular systems have demonstrated high practical efficiency. Density functional theory (DFT), the most widely used quantum chemical method, is a physical approach predicting energies and electron…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-03-02 Anton V. Sinitskiy , Vijay S. Pande

The training set of atomic configurations is key to the performance of any Machine Learning Force Field (MLFF) and, as such, the training set selection determines the applicability of the MLFF model for predictive molecular simulations.…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Gregory Fonseca , Igor Poltavsky , Valentin Vassilev-Galindo , Alexandre Tkatchenko

Total energies of crystal structures can be calculated to high precision using quantum-based density functional theory (DFT) methods, but the calculations can be time consuming and scale badly with system size. Cluster expansions of total…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-12-31 Qin Gao , Sanxi Yao , Jeff Schneider , Michael Widom

We present a comprehensive methodology to enable addition of van der Waals (vdW) corrections to machine learning (ML) atomistic force fields. Using a Gaussian approximation potential (GAP) [Bart\'ok et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 136403…

In this study, we introduce a training protocol for developing machine learning force fields (MLFFs), capable of accurately determining energy barriers in catalytic reaction pathways. The protocol is validated on the extensively explored…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-08-23 Lars Schaaf , Edvin Fako , Sandip De , Ansgar Schäfer , Gábor Csányi

Large-scale density functional theory (DFT) calculations provide a powerful tool to investigate the atomic and electronic structure of materials with complex structures. This article reviews a large-scale DFT calculation method, the…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-31 Ayako Nakata , David R. Bowler , Tsuyoshi Miyazaki

The thermal conductivity of organic liquids is a vital parameter influencing various industrial and environmental applications, including energy conversion, electronics cooling, and chemical processing. However, atomistic simulation of…

Accurately modeling chemical reactions at the atomistic level requires high-level electronic structure theory due to the presence of unpaired electrons and the need to properly describe bond breaking and making energetics. Commonly used…

Density Functional Theory (DFT) is a pivotal method within quantum chemistry and materials science, with its core involving the construction and solution of the Kohn-Sham Hamiltonian. Despite its importance, the application of DFT is…

Fundamental understanding of interatomic forces in molecules must emerge from quantum mechanics, yet widely used empirical force fields rely on simplified mechanistic approximations that often fail to capture the complexity of many-body…

We show how machine learning techniques based on Bayesian inference can be used to reach new levels of realism in the computer simulation of molecular materials, focusing here on water. We train our machine-learning algorithm using…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-02-25 Albert P. Bartok , Michael J. Gillan , Frederick R. Manby , Gabor Csanyi

This paper presents the first implementation of a coupling between advanced wave function theories and molecular density functional theory (MDFT). This method enables the modeling of solvent effect into quantum mechanical (QM) calculations…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-04-12 Maxime Labat , Emmanuel Giner , Guillaume Jeanmairet

Crystal dislocation dynamics, especially at high temperatures, represents a subject where experimental phenomenological input is commonly required, and parameter-free predictions, starting from quantum methods, have been beyond reach. This…

Large scale Density Functional Theory (DFT) based electronic structure calculations are highly time consuming and scale poorly with system size. While semi-empirical approximations to DFT result in a reduction in computational time versus…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-12-21 Ganesh Hegde , R. Chris Bowen

Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) techniques are widely used for investigating lattice thermal conductivity. Recently, machine learning force fields (MLFFs) have emerged as a promising approach to enhance the precision in NEMD…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-09-21 Takumi Araki , Shinnosuke Hattori , Toshio Nishi , Yoshihiro Kudo

Large density functional theory (DFT) databases are a treasure trove of energies, forces and stresses that can be used to train machine learned interatomic potentials for atomistic modeling. Herein, we employ structural relaxations from the…

We develop a method combining machine learning (ML) and density functional theory (DFT) to predict low-energy polymorphs by introducing physics-guided descriptors based on structural distortion modes. We systematically generate crystal…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-09-07 Bastien F. Grosso , Nicola A. Spaldin , Aria Mansouri Tehrani

The very good performance of modern density functional theory for molecular geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies has been well established. We investigate the performance of density functional theory (DFT) for quartic force…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Daniel Boese , Wim Klopper , Jan M. L. Martin

Direct air capture (DAC) with solid sorbents such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is a promising approach for negative carbon emissions. Computational materials screening can help identify promising materials from the vast chemical space…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-12 Logan M. Brabson , Andrew J. Medford , David S. Sholl