arXiv:2409.06756cs.LGcond-mat.mtrl-sci2024-09被引 6

用大模型生成新材料设计假说,突破人类认知局限。

Beyond designer's knowledge: Generating materials design hypotheses via large language models

  • 通过提示工程让大模型整合多源科学原理生成新假说。
  • 生成的高熵合金与卤化物电解质假说已实验验证。
  • 适合材料研发人员和AI辅助设计初学者使用。

材料设计常依赖人工提出假设,受限于认知能力,如知识盲区及跨学科知识整合能力不足。本文展示,结合提示工程的大语言模型(LLMs)可在无明确设计指导的情况下,通过整合多源科学原理,有效生成非平凡的新材料假说,包括具有优异低温性能的高熵合金和离子电导率与可成形性更高的卤化物固态电解质。这些设计假说已在2023年发表的高影响力论文中获得实验验证,且相关研究未包含在模型训练数据中,证明了大模型生成具有实际价值且文献未见的创新想法的能力。该方法主要利用材料体系图谱,编码加工-结构-性能关系,以浓缩大量文献中的关键信息,并通过大模型实现假说的评估与分类,减轻人类认知负担。此方法为人工智能驱动材料发现开辟新路径,加速设计进程,推动创新民主化,拓展超越设计者直接知识边界的能力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Materials design often relies on human-generated hypotheses, a process inherently limited by cognitive constraints such as knowledge gaps and limited ability to integrate and extract knowledge implications, particularly when multidisciplinary expertise is required. This work demonstrates that large language models (LLMs), coupled with prompt engineering, can effectively generate non-trivial materials hypotheses by integrating scientific principles from diverse sources without explicit design guidance by human experts. These include design ideas for high-entropy alloys with superior cryogenic properties and halide solid electrolytes with enhanced ionic conductivity and formability. These design ideas have been experimentally validated in high-impact publications in 2023 not available in the LLM training data, demonstrating the LLM's ability to generate highly valuable and realizable innovative ideas not established in the literature. Our approach primarily leverages materials system charts encoding processing-structure-property relationships, enabling more effective data integration by condensing key information from numerous papers, and evaluation and categorization of numerous hypotheses for human cognition, both through the LLM. This LLM-driven approach opens the door to new avenues of artificial intelligence-driven materials discovery by accelerating design, democratizing innovation, and expanding capabilities beyond the designer's direct knowledge.

材料设计大模型创新生成

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