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Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are revolutionizing computational materials science and chemistry by offering an efficient alternative to {\em ab initio} molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. However, fitting high-quality…

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Long ranged electrostatic interactions are time consuming to calculate in molecular dynamics and Monte-Carlo simulations. We introduce an algorithmic framework for simulating charged particles which modifies the dynamics so as to allow…

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Machine learned interaction potentials (MLIPs) have become a critical component of large-scale, high-quality simulations for a range of chemical and biochemical systems. Yet, despite their in-distribution accuracy, molecular dynamics…

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Long-range electrostatics and polarization remain central obstacles to extending machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) to ionic, polar, and interfacial systems. Here, we introduce a semi-local framework for learning electrostatics…

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We derive and describe in detail a recently proposed method for obtaining Coulomb interactions as the potential of mean force between charges which are dynamically coupled to a local electromagnetic field. We focus on the Molecular Dynamics…

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Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) require generating computationally expensive, large-scale training datasets to accurately simulate materials and molecules. Incorporating electronic structure information using multitask…

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Predictive simulation of electrochemical interfaces requires atomistic models that capture reactive bond rearrangements, long-range electrostatics, and charge distributions reflecting the electronic distinctness of electrode and…

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Long-range interactions and electric response are essential for accurate modeling of condensed-phase systems, but capturing them efficiently remains a challenge for atomistic machine learning. Traditionally, these two phenomena can be…

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Charged-defect calculation using a periodic supercell is a significant class of problems in solid state physics. However, the finite supercell size induces an undesirable long-range image charge Coulomb interaction. Although a variety of…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-12-30 Zhao-Jun Suo , Jun-Wei Luo , Shu-Shen Li , Lin-Wang Wang

Charged systems interacting via Coulomb forces can be efficiently simulated by introducing a local, diffusing degree of freedom for the electric field. This paper formulates the continuum electrodynamic equations corresponding to the…

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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…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-07-20 Ivan S. Novikov , Konstantin Gubaev , Evgeny V. Podryabinkin , Alexander V. Shapeev

We examine in detail the theoretical underpinnings of previous successful applications of local molecular field (LMF) theory to charged systems. LMF theory generally accounts for the averaged effects of long-ranged components of the…

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Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) enable large-scale atomistic simulations but remain challenged in describing mixed-valence materials where charge ordering strongly influences thermodynamic stability. Here we investigate the…

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Structural and thermodynamic properties of ionic fluids are related to those of a simpler ``mimic'' system with short ranged intermolecular interactions in a spatially varying effective field by use of Local Molecular Field (LMF) theory,…

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Machine learning potentials (MLP) have revolutionized the field of atomistic simulations by describing the atomic interactions with the accuracy of electronic structure methods at a small fraction of the costs. Most current MLPs construct…

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Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) enable efficient modeling of molecular interactions with quantum mechanical (QM) accuracy. However, constructing robust and representative training datasets that capture subtle,…

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We propose a simplified version of local molecular field (LMF) theory to treat Coulomb interactions in simulations of ionic fluids. LMF theory relies on splitting the Coulomb potential into a short-ranged part that combines with other…

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