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We address the degree to which machine learning can be used to accurately and transferably predict post-Hartree-Fock correlation energies. Refined strategies for feature design and selection are presented, and the molecular-orbital-based…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-04-17 Lixue Cheng , Matthew Welborn , Anders S. Christensen , Thomas F. Miller

Machine-learned potentials (MLPs) trained on ab initio data combine the computational efficiency of classical interatomic potentials with the accuracy and generality of the first-principles method used in the creation of the respective…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-08-07 Leonid Kahle , Benoit Minisini , Tai Bui , Jeremy T. First , Corneliu Buda , Thomas Goldman , Erich Wimmer

In the field of Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials (MLIPs), understanding the intricate relationship between data biases, specifically conformational and structural diversity, and model generalization is critical in improving the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-11-03 Nikhil Shenoy , Prudencio Tossou , Emmanuel Noutahi , Hadrien Mary , Dominique Beaini , Jiarui Ding

The number of published Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials (MLIPs) has increased significantly in recent years. These new data-driven potential energy approximations often lack the physics-based foundations that inform many…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-02 Kimia Ghaffari , Salil Bavdekar , Douglas E. Spearot , Ghatu Subhash

Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are typically trained on datasets that encompass a restricted subset of possible input structures, which presents a potential challenge for their generalization to a broader range of systems…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-11-06 Yangshuai Wang , Shashwat Patel , Christoph Ortner

Explicit incorporation of magnetic degrees of freedom in machine-learning interatomic potentials (magnetic MLIPs) plays a crucial role in the correct description of magnetic materials and their properties. An important ingredient for…

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have revolutionized molecular and materials modeling, but existing benchmarks suffer from data leakage, limited transferability, and an over-reliance on error-based metrics tied to specific…

Local curvature of potential energy surfaces is critical for predicting certain experimental observables of molecules and materials from first principles, yet it remains far beyond reach for complex systems. In this work, we introduce a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Bangchen Yin , Jian Ouyang , Zhen Fan , Kailai Lin , Hanshi Hu , Dingshun Lv , Weiluo Ren , Hai Xiao , Ji Chen , Changsu Cao

In the last few years several ``universal'' interatomic potentials have appeared, using machine-learning approaches to predict energy and forces of atomic configurations with arbitrary composition and structure, with an accuracy often…

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 Learning Interatomic Potentials (MLIPs) sometimes fail to reproduce the physical smoothness of the quantum potential energy surface (PES), leading to erroneous behavior in downstream simulations that standard energy and force…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Ryan Liu , Eric Qu , Tobias Kreiman , Samuel M. Blau , Aditi S. Krishnapriyan

Potentials that could accurately describe the irradiation damage processes are highly desired to figure out the atomic-level response of various newly-discovered materials under irradiation environments. In this work, we introduce a…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-10-20 Hao Wang , Xun Guo , Jianming Xue

Training of general-purpose machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) relies on large datasets with properties usually computed with density functional theory (DFT). A pre-requisite for accurate MLIPs is that the DFT data are well…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 Domantas Kuryla , Fabian Berger , Gábor Csányi , Angelos Michaelides

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…

Machine-learning potentials (MLPs) have become important tools for modern molecular simulations. However, developing models that simultaneously achieve high accuracy and high computational efficiency remains a significant challenge. In this…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Xinze Li , Ruitao Ma , Chen Qu , Dong H. Zhang , Qi Yu

A linear regression-based machine learned interatomic potential (MLIP) was developed for the silicon-carbon system. The MLIP was predominantly trained on structures discovered through a genetic algorithm, encompassing the entire…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Michael MacIsaac , Salil Bavdekar , Douglas Spearot , Ghatu Subhash

Machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have advanced rapidly, with many top models relying on strong physics-based inductive biases. However, as models scale to larger systems like biomolecules and electrolytes, they struggle to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Eric Qu , Brandon M. Wood , Aditi S. Krishnapriyan , Zachary W. Ulissi

Universal machine learning interatomic potentials have emerged as efficient tools for materials simulation, yet their reliability for elastic property prediction remains unclear. Here, we present a systematic benchmark of four uMLIPs --…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-06 Pengfei Gao , Haidi Wang

Machine learning (ML) models hold the promise of transforming atomic simulations by delivering quantum chemical accuracy at a fraction of the computational cost. Realization of this potential would enable high-throughout, high-accuracy…

Twisted layered van-der-Waals materials often exhibit unique electronic and optical properties absent in their non-twisted counterparts. Unfortunately, predicting such properties is hindered by the difficulty in determining the atomic…