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Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are increasingly used to replace computationally demanding electronic-structure calculations to model matter at the atomic scale. The most commonly used model architectures are constrained to…

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The subject of this paper is the technology (the "how") of constructing machine-learning interatomic potentials, rather than science (the "what" and "why") of atomistic simulations using machine-learning potentials. Namely, we illustrate…

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Machine-learning force fields (MLFFs) have emerged as a promising solution for speeding up ab initio molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, where accurate force predictions are critical but often computationally expensive. In this work, we…

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The ability to accurately model interatomic interactions in large-scale systems is fundamental to understanding a wide range of physical and chemical phenomena, from drug-protein binding to the behavior of next-generation materials. While…

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Though offering unprecedented pathways to molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of technologically-relevant materials and conditions, machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are typically trained for ``simple'' materials and…

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Accurate simulations of molecules require high-level electronic-structure theory in combination with rigorous methods for approximating the quantum dynamics. Machine-learning approaches can significantly reduce the computational expense of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Valerii Andreichev , Jindra Dušek , Markus Meuwly , Jeremy O. Richardson

Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are becoming an essential tool in materials modeling. However, optimizing the generation of training data used to parameterize the MLIPs remains a significant challenge. This is because MLIPs…

Modeling the response of material and chemical systems to electric fields remains a longstanding challenge. Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) offer an efficient and scalable alternative to quantum mechanical methods but do not…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-08 Peichen Zhong , Dongjin Kim , Daniel S. King , Bingqing Cheng

Accurate structural relaxation is critical for advanced materials design. Traditional approaches built on physics-derived first-principles calculations are computationally expensive, motivating the creation of machine-learning interatomic…

The lack of long-range electrostatics is a key limitation of modern machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs), hindering reliable applications to interfaces, charge-transfer reactions, polar and ionic materials, and biomolecules. In…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 Dongjin Kim , Bingqing Cheng

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) enable atomistic simulations with near ab initio accuracy at significantly reduced computational cost, but their broader adoption is often limited by fragmented tooling, limited scalability,…

Integrating machine learning into reactive chemistry, materials discovery, and drug design is revolutionizing the development of novel molecules and materials. Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials (MLIPs) accurately predict energies and…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-07-04 Austin Rodriguez , Justin S. Smith , Jose L. Mendoza-Cortes

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) based on a large dataset obtained by density functional theory (DFT) calculation have been developed recently. This study gives both conceptual and practical bases for the high accuracy of…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-11-08 Akira Takahashi , Atsuto Seko , Isao Tanaka

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are one of the main techniques in the materials science toolbox, able to bridge ab initio accuracy with the computational efficiency of classical force fields. This allows simulations ranging…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-20 Bruno Focassio , Luis Paulo Mezzina Freitas , Gabriel R. Schleder

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have become widely used tools in atomistic simulations. For much of the history of this field, the most commonly employed architectures were based on short-ranged atomic energy contributions,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 William J. Baldwin , Ilyes Batatia , Martin Vondrák , Johannes T. Margraf , Gábor Csányi

Machine-learning force fields enable an accurate and universal description of the potential energy surface of molecules and materials on the basis of a training set of ab initio data. However, large-scale applications of these methods rest…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-07-25 Valerio Briganti , Alessandro Lunghi

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

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) offer near-ab initio accuracy with the efficiency of classical force fields, making them attractive for modeling electrolytes. Collecting a diverse training set is essential for their accuracy…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Olga Chalykh , Mikhail Polovinkin , Dmitry Korogod , Nikita Rybin , Alexander Shapeev

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations employing classical force fields constitute the cornerstone of contemporary atomistic modeling in chemistry, biology, and materials science. However, the predictive power of these simulations is only as…

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