arXiv:2505.09161cond-mat.mtrl-scics.LG2025-05

用机器学习预测可合成的材料结构,缩小理论与实验差距

Bridging Theory and Experiment in Materials Discovery: Machine-Learning-Assisted Prediction of Synthesizable Structures

  • 结合对称性构造与韦科夫编码的机器学习模型,定位易合成结构区域
  • 从55万候选中筛选出9.2万高可合成性结构,成功复现13种已知结构
  • 适用于寻找可通过实验实现的稳定新材料,尤其适合材料合成研究者

尽管基于热力学能量的晶体结构预测(CSP)已推动材料发现革命,但传统能量驱动方法难以识别通过动力学控制路径合成的实验可实现亚稳态材料,导致理论预测与实验合成之间存在关键鸿沟。本文提出一种以可合成性为导向的CSP框架,融合对称性引导的结构生成与基于韦科夫编码的机器学习模型,高效定位可能产生高可合成性结构的子空间。在确定的潜力子空间中,采用基于结构的可合成性评估模型(使用近期合成结构微调),结合第一性原理计算,系统识别可合成候选物。该框架成功复现13种已知的XSe(X = Sc, Ti, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn)结构,证明其有效性。从GNoME预测的554,054个候选中筛选出92,310个具有高可合成性潜力的结构。此外,还识别出8个热力学有利的Hf-X-O(X = Ti, V, Mn)结构,其中三个HfV₂O₇候选表现出高可合成性,具备实验实现潜力,或与观测到的温度诱导相变相关。本工作建立了数据驱动的机器学习辅助无机材料合成范式,有望弥合计算预测与实验实现之间的鸿沟,并为新型功能材料的定向发现开辟新途径。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Even though thermodynamic energy-based crystal structure prediction (CSP) has revolutionized materials discovery, the energy-driven CSP approaches often struggle to identify experimentally realizable metastable materials synthesized through kinetically controlled pathways, creating a critical gap between theoretical predictions and experimental synthesis. Here, we propose a synthesizability-driven CSP framework that integrates symmetry-guided structure derivation with a Wyckoff encode-based machine-learning model, allowing for the efficient localization of subspaces likely to yield highly synthesizable structures. Within the identified promising subspaces, a structure-based synthesizability evaluation model, fine-tuned using recently synthesized structures to enhance predictive accuracy, is employed in conjunction with ab initio calculations to systematically identify synthesizable candidates. The framework successfully reproduces 13 experimentally known XSe (X = Sc, Ti, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn) structures, demonstrating its effectiveness in predicting synthesizable structures. Notably, 92,310 structures are filtered from the 554,054 candidates predicted by GNoME, exhibiting great potential for promising synthesizability. Additionally, eight thermodynamically favorable Hf-X-O (X = Ti, V, and Mn) structures have been identified, among which three HfV$_2$O$_7$ candidates exhibit high synthesizability, presenting viable candidates for experimental realization and potentially associated with experimentally observed temperature-induced phase transitions. This work establishes a data-driven paradigm for machine-learning-assisted inorganic materials synthesis, highlighting its potential to bridge the gap between computational predictions and experimental realization while unlocking new opportunities for the targeted discovery of novel functional materials.

材料发现机器学习可合成性晶体结构

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