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A high-throughput framework and database for twisted 2D van der Waals bilayers 扭曲二维范德华双层结构的高通量框架和数据库
IF 9.7 1区 材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL Pub Date : 2025-12-20 DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01892-z
Augusto L. Araújo, Pedro H. Sophia, F. Crasto de Lima, Adalberto Fazzio
Twisted two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures provide a fertile ground for tailoring electronic and structural properties. However, their vast configurational space poses challenges for systematic study. Here, we introduce SAMBA, an open-source, high-throughput Python workflow that automates the generation, simulation, and analysis of twisted bilayers. Using the coincidence lattice method, we generate a comprehensive set of over 18,000 quasi-commensurable homo- and heterobilayer structures based on 63 experimentally reported monolayers, and perform DFT simulations on a growing subset. The resulting database includes symmetry, interlayer energetics, band alignment, and charge transfer. A detailed case study on graphene-jacutingaite illustrates the framework’s capabilities. This platform offers a robust foundation for data-driven discovery and the rational design of 2D materials with tunable properties.
扭曲的二维范德华异质结构为定制电子和结构特性提供了肥沃的土壤。然而,它们巨大的构型空间给系统研究带来了挑战。在这里,我们介绍SAMBA,这是一个开源的、高吞吐量的Python工作流,可以自动生成、模拟和分析扭曲的双层。利用重合格方法,我们基于63个实验报道的单层,生成了超过18000个准可通约的同质层和异质层结构的综合集,并在一个不断增长的子集上进行了DFT模拟。由此产生的数据库包括对称性、层间能量学、能带对准和电荷转移。对石墨烯-jacutingaite的详细案例研究说明了该框架的功能。该平台为数据驱动的发现和具有可调特性的二维材料的合理设计提供了坚实的基础。
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Free-energy perturbation in the exchange-correlation space accelerated by machine learning: application to silica polymorphs 机器学习加速交换相关空间中的自由能摄动:应用于二氧化硅多晶
IF 9.7 1区 材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL Pub Date : 2025-12-20 DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01874-1
Axel Forslund, Jong Hyun Jung, Yuji Ikeda, Blazej Grabowski
We propose a free-energy-perturbation approach accelerated by machine-learning potentials to efficiently compute transition temperatures and entropies for all rungs of Jacob’s ladder. We apply the approach to the dynamically stabilized phases of SiO2, which are characterized by challengingly small transition entropies. All investigated functionals from rungs 1–4 fail to predict an accurate transition temperature by 25–200%. Only by ascending to the fifth rung, within the random phase approximation, an accurate prediction is possible, giving a relative error of 5%. We provide a clear-cut procedure and relevant data to the community for, e.g., developing and evaluating new functionals.
我们提出了一种由机器学习势加速的自由能量摄动方法,以有效地计算雅各布阶梯所有阶梯的转变温度和熵。我们将该方法应用于SiO2的动态稳定相,其特征是具有挑战性的小转变熵。所有被调查的官能团从梯级1-4不能准确预测25-200%的转变温度。只有上升到第五级,在随机相位近似范围内,才有可能做出准确的预测,给出5%的相对误差。我们为社区提供明确的程序和相关数据,例如开发和评估新功能。
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Computationally accelerated experimental materials characterization—drawing inspiration from high-throughput simulation workflows 计算加速实验材料表征-从高通量模拟工作流程中获得灵感
IF 9.7 1区 材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL Pub Date : 2025-12-20 DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01919-5
Markus Stricker, Lars Banko, Nik Sarazin, Niklas Siemer, Jan Janssen, Lei Zhang, Jörg Neugebauer, Alfred Ludwig
Computational materials science increasingly benefits from data management, automation, and algorithm-based decision-making for the simulation of material properties and behavior. Experimental materials science also changes rapidly by incorporation of ‘machine learning’ in materials discovery campaigns. The benefits including automation, reproducibility, data provenance, and reusability of managed data, however, are not widely available in the experimental domain. We present an implementation of an Active Learning loop with an interface to an experimental measurement device in pyiron as a demonstrator how to combine experimental and simulated data in one framework. Apart from the acceleration provided through active learning, additional acceleration of the experimental characterization is achieved by using prior knowledge from density functional theory simulations as well as predictions based on text mining using correlations in word embeddings. With data from all domains in the same framework, an untapped potential for the acceleration of materials characterization and materials discovery campaigns becomes available.
计算材料科学越来越受益于数据管理、自动化和基于算法的决策,用于模拟材料的特性和行为。通过在材料发现活动中加入“机器学习”,实验材料科学也发生了迅速的变化。然而,管理数据的自动化、可再现性、数据来源和可重用性等好处在实验领域并没有广泛使用。我们在pyiron中提出了一个带有实验测量设备接口的主动学习环路的实现,作为如何在一个框架中结合实验和模拟数据的演示。除了通过主动学习提供的加速之外,通过使用密度泛函理论模拟的先验知识以及基于使用词嵌入中的相关性的文本挖掘的预测,可以实现实验表征的额外加速。在同一框架中使用来自所有领域的数据,加速材料表征和材料发现活动的未开发潜力变得可用。
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‘Interaction annealing’ to determine effective quantized valence and orbital structure: an illustration with ferro-orbital order in WTe2 确定有效量子化价和轨道结构的“相互作用退火”:WTe2中铁轨道顺序的例子
IF 9.7 1区 材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL Pub Date : 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01904-y
Ruoshi Jiang, Fangyuan Gu, Wei Ku
Correlated materials are known to display qualitatively distinct emergent behaviors at low energy. Conveniently, upon absorbing rapid quantum fluctuations, these rich low-energy behaviors can always be effectively described by dressed particles with fully quantized charge, spin, and orbital structure. Such a powerful and simple description is, however, difficult to access through bare particles used in most many-body computations, especially when fluctuations are strong such as in 4d and 5d compounds. To decipher the dominant quantized structure, we propose an easy-to-implement ‘interaction annealing’ approach that utilizes suppressed charge fluctuation through enhancing ionic charging energy. We establish its theoretical foundation using an exactly treated two-site Hubbard model as a generic example. We then demonstrate its applications with more affordable density functional calculations to a representative 3d Mott insulator La2CuO4 and a highly fluctuating 5d semi-metal WTe2. In the latter, it reveals an emergent local electronic structure that makes possible an unprecedented explanation of several experimental observations. Finally, we demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach in studying competing local electronic structures in functional materials.
已知相关材料在低能量下表现出不同性质的涌现行为。方便的是,一旦吸收了快速的量子涨落,这些丰富的低能行为总是可以用完全量子化的电荷、自旋和轨道结构的盛装粒子有效地描述。然而,这种强大而简单的描述很难通过大多数多体计算中使用的裸粒子获得,特别是当波动很强时,如在4d和5d化合物中。为了破译主要的量子化结构,我们提出了一种易于实现的“相互作用退火”方法,通过增强离子充电能量来利用抑制的电荷波动。本文以精确处理的两点哈伯德模型为例,建立了其理论基础。然后,我们用更实惠的密度泛函计算证明了其应用于具有代表性的3d Mott绝缘体La2CuO4和高度波动的5d半金属WTe2。在后者中,它揭示了一个新兴的局部电子结构,使几个实验观察的前所未有的解释成为可能。最后,我们证明了这种方法在研究功能材料中相互竞争的局部电子结构方面的有效性。
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Alloy design integrating natural language processing and machine learning: breakthrough development of low-cost, high-performance Ni-based single-crystal superalloys 整合自然语言处理和机器学习的合金设计:低成本、高性能镍基单晶高温合金的突破性发展
IF 9.7 1区 材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL Pub Date : 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01906-w
Jian Yao, Zi Wang, Juncheng Wang, Wanchan Yu, Yuxuan Chen, Weifu Li, Jianhui Wei, Yunxing Zhao, Yan Wang, Li Wang, Liming Tan, Lan Huang, Feng Liu, Yong Liu
The traditional design of single-crystal superalloys relies heavily on trial-and-error experimentation, which is time-consuming and costly. Here, we present an intelligent alloy design strategy that integrates natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML). A domain-specific NLP model was developed to automatically extract γ′ solvus temperature data from scientific literature, enabling the construction of a high-quality database. Machine learning models trained on this data accurately predict both γ′ solvus temperature and creep life. Guided by these models, we screened over 340000 virtual compositions and successfully designed a new low-cost alloy, CSU-S1. Experimental validation shows that CSU-S1 achieves a γ′ solvus temperature near 1300 °C and a creep life of 224.7 h at 1100 °C/137 MPa, comparable to third-generation single-crystal superalloys, while using only 3.1 wt% Re and costing just 121 USD/kg. This work not only delivers a high-performance, cost-effective superalloy but also demonstrates a generalizable “knowledge-to-innovation” design paradigm, offering a powerful new route to accelerate the development of advanced engineering materials.
传统的单晶高温合金设计很大程度上依赖于反复试验,这既耗时又昂贵。在这里,我们提出了一种集成了自然语言处理(NLP)和机器学习(ML)的智能合金设计策略。开发了一个特定领域的NLP模型,用于从科学文献中自动提取γ′溶剂温度数据,从而实现高质量数据库的构建。在这些数据上训练的机器学习模型可以准确地预测γ′溶质温度和蠕变寿命。在这些模型的指导下,我们筛选了超过34万种虚拟成分,并成功设计了一种新的低成本合金CSU-S1。实验验证表明,CSU-S1在1100°C/137 MPa下的γ′溶剂温度接近1300°C,蠕变寿命为224.7 h,与第三代单晶高温合金相当,而仅使用3.1% wt%的Re,成本仅为121美元/公斤。这项工作不仅提供了一种高性能、低成本的高温合金,而且还展示了一种可推广的“知识到创新”的设计范式,为加速先进工程材料的发展提供了一条强有力的新途径。
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Sliding multiferrocity in van der Waals layered CrI2 在范德瓦尔斯的CrI2层中滑动多铁
IF 9.7 1区 材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL Pub Date : 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01912-y
Hui-Shi Yu, Xiao-Sheng Ni, Kun Cao
Understanding magnetoelectric coupling in emerging van der Waals multiferroics is crucial for developing atomically thin spintronic devices. Here, we present a comprehensive first-principles investigation of magnetoelectric coupling in orthorhombic CrI2. Monte Carlo simulations based on DFT-calculated magnetic exchange interactions suggest a proper-screw helimagnetic ground state with a Néel temperature consistent with experimental observations. A ferroelectric switching pathway driven by interlayer sliding is predicted, featuring a low switching energy barrier and out-of-plane ferroelectric polarization. To quantitatively characterize the magnetoelectric effect in orthorhombic CrI2 and its microscopic origin, we evaluate the spin-driven polarization using the paramagnetic phase as a reference alongside the magnetoelectric tensor method. The extracted spin-driven polarization aligns along the z-axis, with its origin dominated by the exchange-striction mechanism. Although in-plane components of the total polarization in the bulk vanish due to global symmetry constraints, each CrI2 single layer exhibits local electric polarization along the x direction, arising from the generalized spin-current mechanism, which couples spin chirality to the electric polarization. As a result, we further predict that a proper-screw helimagnetic state may persist in monolayer CrI2, with its charity reversable by switching the in-plane electric polarization through applying external electric field, providing another promising candidate for electrical control of two-dimensional multiferroics.
了解新出现的范德华多铁学中的磁电耦合对于开发原子薄自旋电子器件至关重要。在这里,我们提出了一个全面的第一性原理研究的磁电耦合在正交CrI2。基于dft计算的磁交换相互作用的蒙特卡罗模拟表明,具有与实验观测一致的n温度的正螺旋螺旋磁基态。预测了一种由层间滑动驱动的铁电开关路径,具有低开关能垒和面外铁电极化。为了定量表征正交CrI2的磁电效应及其微观起源,我们利用顺磁相位作为参考,结合磁电张量法对自旋驱动极化进行了评估。提取的自旋驱动极化沿z轴方向排列,其起源以交换伸缩机制为主。尽管由于整体对称性的限制,体内总极化的面内分量消失,但由于自旋手性与电极化耦合的广义自旋电流机制,每个CrI2单层沿x方向呈现局部电极化。因此,我们进一步预测,在单层CrI2中可能会持续存在一种自旋螺旋的helmagnetic状态,并且通过施加外电场来切换平面内的电极化可以逆转其性质,这为二维多铁性材料的电气控制提供了另一种有希望的候选材料。
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Computational alchemy clarifies origins of alloy strengthening 计算炼金术澄清合金强化的起源
IF 9.7 1区 材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL Pub Date : 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01910-0
Aoyan Liang, Nicolas Bertin, Xinran Zhou, Sylvie Aubry, Vasily V. Bulatov
Solid solution strengthening (SSS) is widely used to enhance mechanical properties of metals. Originally developed for dilute alloys, classical SSS theories are presently challenged by the rise of complex concentrated alloys (CCA) with nearly equiatomic compositions. Here, we propose and develop a method of “computational alchemy” in which interatomic interactions are modified to systematically vary two key physical parameters defining SSS - atomic size misfit and elastic stiffness misfit - over a maximally wide range of two misfits. The resulting alchemical alloys are subjected to massive (~108 atoms) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations reproducing full complexity of plastic strength response. At variance with prevailing views, stiffness misfit is observed to contribute to SSS on par if not more than size misfit. Furthermore, depending on exactly how two misfits are combined, they result in synergistic (amplification) or antagonistic (compensation) effect on alloy strengthening. Unlike real CCAs in which each component element comes with its own specific size and stiffness, our alchemical model alloys span the space of two misfits continuously revealing trends in alloy strengthening unrecognized so far. Our study demonstrates unique value of intentionally unrealistic models for gaining deep physical insights into material behaviors that are difficult to reveal otherwise.
固溶强化(SSS)被广泛用于提高金属的力学性能。经典的SSS理论最初是为稀合金而发展起来的,目前受到了具有几乎等原子组成的复杂浓缩合金(CCA)的挑战。在这里,我们提出并发展了一种“计算炼金术”方法,其中原子间的相互作用被修改,以系统地改变定义SSS的两个关键物理参数-原子尺寸不匹配和弹性刚度不匹配-在两个不匹配的最大范围内。得到的炼金术合金进行了大质量(~108个原子)分子动力学(MD)模拟,再现了塑性强度响应的完全复杂性。与流行的观点不同,观察到刚度失配对SSS的贡献与尺寸失配相当,如果不是更多的话。此外,取决于两种不匹配如何结合,它们会对合金强化产生协同(放大)或拮抗(补偿)效应。与真正的cca不同的是,每个组成元素都有自己特定的尺寸和刚度,我们的炼金模型合金跨越了两个不匹配的空间,不断揭示了迄今为止尚未认识到的合金强化趋势。我们的研究证明了故意不现实模型的独特价值,可以获得对物质行为的深刻物理见解,否则很难揭示。
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SA-GAT-SR: self-adaptable graph attention networks with symbolic regression for high-fidelity material property prediction SA-GAT-SR:用于高保真材料性能预测的符号回归自适应图注意网络
IF 9.7 1区 材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL Pub Date : 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01854-5
Junchi Liu, Ying Tang, Sergei Tretiak, Wenhui Duan, Liujiang Zhou
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Heterogeneous ensemble enables a universal uncertainty metric for atomistic foundation models 异构集成为原子基础模型提供了通用的不确定性度量
IF 9.7 1区 材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL Pub Date : 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01905-x
Kai Liu, Zixiong Wei, Wei Gao, Poulumi Dey, Marcel H. F. Sluiter, Fei Shuang
Universal machine-learning interatomic potentials (uMLIPs) are emerging as foundation models for atomistic simulation, offering near-ab initio accuracy at far lower cost. Their safe, broad deployment is limited by the absence of reliable, general uncertainty estimates. We present a unified, scalable uncertainty metric, U, built from a heterogeneous ensemble that reuses existing pretrained MLIPs. Across diverse chemistries and structures, U strongly tracks true prediction errors and robustly ranks configuration-level risk. Using U, we perform uncertainty-aware distillation to train system-specific potentials with far fewer labels: for tungsten, we match full density-functional-theory (DFT) training using 4% of the DFT data; for MoNbTaW, a dataset distilled by U supports high-accuracy potential training. By filtering numerical label noise, the distilled models can in some cases exceed the accuracy of the MLIPs trained on DFT data. This framework provides a practical reliability monitor and guides data selection and fine-tuning, enabling cost-efficient, accurate, and safer deployment of foundation models.
通用机器学习原子间势(uMLIPs)正在成为原子模拟的基础模型,以低得多的成本提供接近从头计算的精度。由于缺乏可靠的、普遍的不确定性估计,它们的安全、广泛部署受到了限制。我们提出了一个统一的、可扩展的不确定性度量U,它建立在重用现有预训练mlip的异构集成之上。在不同的化学物质和结构中,U强有力地跟踪真实的预测错误,并对配置级风险进行强大的排名。使用U,我们执行不确定性感知蒸馏,以更少的标签训练系统特定势:对于钨,我们使用4%的DFT数据匹配全密度泛函理论(DFT)训练;对于MoNbTaW, U提炼的数据集支持高精度的潜力训练。通过过滤数字标签噪声,提取的模型在某些情况下可以超过在DFT数据上训练的mlip的精度。该框架提供了实用的可靠性监控,并指导数据选择和微调,使基础模型的部署具有成本效益、准确性和安全性。
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Autonomous thermodynamically informed database generation for machine-learned interatomic potentials and application to magnesium 机器学习原子间势的自主热力学信息数据库生成及其在镁中的应用
IF 9.7 1区 材料科学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL Pub Date : 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1038/s41524-025-01903-z
Vincent G. Fletcher, Albert P. Bartók, Livia B. Pártay
We propose a novel approach for constructing training databases for Machine-Learned Interatomic Potential (MLIP) models, specifically designed to capture phase properties across a wide range of conditions. The framework is uniquely appealing due to its ease of automation, its suitability for iterative learning, and its independence from prior knowledge of stable phases, avoiding bias towards pre-existing structural data. The approach uses Nested Sampling (NS) to explore the configuration space and generate thermodynamically relevant configurations, forming the database which undergoes ab initio Density Functional Theory (DFT) evaluation. We use the Atomic Cluster Expansion (ACE) architecture to fit a model on the resulting database. To demonstrate the efficiency of the framework, we apply it to magnesium, developing a model capable of accurately describing behaviour across pressure and temperature ranges of 0–600 GPa and 0–8000 K, respectively. We benchmark the model’s performance by calculating phonon spectra and elastic constants, as well as the pressure-temperature phase diagram within this region. The results showcase the power of the framework to produce robust MLIPs while maintaining transferability and generality, for reduced computational cost. UK Ministry of Defence ©Crown Owned Copyright 2025/AWE
我们提出了一种新的方法来构建机器学习原子间势(MLIP)模型的训练数据库,专门用于捕获各种条件下的相属性。该框架具有独特的吸引力,因为它易于自动化,适合迭代学习,并且独立于稳定阶段的先验知识,避免了对预先存在的结构数据的偏见。该方法利用嵌套采样(Nested Sampling, NS)来探索构型空间并生成热力学相关的构型,形成数据库并进行从头算密度泛函理论(DFT)评估。我们使用原子集群扩展(ACE)架构在结果数据库上拟合模型。为了证明该框架的有效性,我们将其应用于镁,开发了一个能够准确描述0-600 GPa和0-8000 K压力和温度范围内行为的模型。我们通过计算声子谱和弹性常数以及该区域内的压力-温度相图来衡量模型的性能。结果表明,该框架能够在保持可移植性和通用性的同时产生健壮的mlip,从而降低计算成本。英国国防部©皇家所有版权2025/AWE
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