Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials as Emerging Tools for Materials Science.
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Atomic-scale modeling and understanding of materials have made remarkable progress, but they are still fundamentally limited by the large computational cost of explicit electronic-structure methods such as density-functional theory. This Progress Report shows how machine learning (ML) is currently enabling a new degree of realism in materials modeling: by "learning" electronic-structure data, ML-based interatomic potentials give access to atomistic simulations that reach similar accuracy levels but are orders of magnitude faster. A brief introduction to the new tools is given, and then, applications to some select problems in materials science are highlighted: phase-change materials for memory devices; nanoparticle catalysts; and carbon-based electrodes for chemical sensing, supercapacitors, and batteries. It is hoped that the present work will inspire the development and wider use of ML-based interatomic potentials in diverse areas of materials research.
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1521-4095
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P022596/1)
Isaac Newton Trust (17.08(c))
Leverhulme Trust (ECF-2017-278)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K014560/1)