arXiv:2608. 14640v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Stacked bilayer materials exhibit rich stacking-dependent properties driven by the interplay between strong intra-layer bonding and weak inter-layer van der Waals interactions.
By An Vuong, Chen Zhao, Jin Hu, Shui-Qing Yu, Xintao Wu
arXiv:2606. 07712v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Progress in AI-driven crystal materials science has so far been carried by narrow architectures purpose-built for individual tasks -- graph neural networks for property prediction, diffusion and flow-matching models for crystal generation -- each excelling within its niche yet unable to act as a shared backbone across the full spectrum of materials problems.
By Zhan'ao Yao, Boxuan Zhang, Jingyuan Shu, Xiaoyu Wu, Rongyan Wang, Linjing Li, Dajun Zeng, Yudong Yao, Tingwei Chen, Youwei Wang, Xiaolin Zhao, Jiahui Shi, Jianjun Liu
arXiv:2607. 21660v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating materials prediction and design by enabling efficient exploration of chemical and structural spaces, with particular promise for novel materials discovery.
By Xianyuan Liu, Charles Anjah, Benjamin E. Jolly, Jonathon F. S. Markanday, Joshua Berry, Haolin Wang, Nicola A. Morley, Robert D. J. Oliver, Alexandra J. Ramadan, Delvin Ce Zhang, Katerina A. Christofidou, Haiping Lu
arXiv:2606. 02507v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Inverse materials design is shifting materials discovery from forward prediction to targeted proposal of candidates that satisfy objectives under physical constraints.
By Anand Babu, Rog\'erio Almeida Gouv\^ea, Gian-Marco Rignanese
arXiv:2607. 24818v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate prediction of crystal properties remains a key challenge in computational materials science.
By Sanjay Chakraborty
arXiv:2606. 29717v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Predicting a material's properties from its structure is a central, fast-advancing problem in computational materials science.
By Chenmu Zhang, Boris I. Yakobson
arXiv:2607. 08470v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Fully characterizing a crystalline material requires integrating heterogeneous data sources -- atomic structures, diffraction patterns, electronic density of states, and natural language -- each of which captures a different facet of the same physical object.
By Le Yang (Institute for Advanced Simulations), Anoop K. Chandran (J\"ulich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum J\"ulich), Jona \"Ostreicher (Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Evgenii Sovetkin (J\"ulich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum J\"ulich), Adrian Mirza (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin f\"ur Materialien und Energie, Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications Jena), Sebastien Bompas (Institute for Advanced Simulations), Bashir Kazimi (Institute for Advanced Simulations), Pascal Friederich (Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Stefan Kesselheim (J\"ulich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum J\"ulich, 1. Physikalisches Institut, University of Cologne), Kevin Maik Jablonka (Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications Jena, Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena, Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Stefan Sandfeld (Institute for Advanced Simulations, Faculty 5 - Georesources and Materials Engineering, RWTH Aachen University)
arXiv:2608. 15776v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Despite the powerful multi-scale modeling methods and high-throughput infrastructures established in the materials community, real material computation workflows remain fragmented and heavily manual, requiring researchers to constantly bridge software tools, data analysis, and intermediate decisions.
By Hongfu Huang, Yuzhe Li, Ao Xu, Bo Liu, Changrui Wang, Kan Tang, Ning Yang, Shengxian Liu, Hanyu Liu, Pengpeng Zhang, Linggang Zhu, Fengkai Liu, Yichen Lu, Tong Zhao, Naihua Miao, Jian Zhou, Zhimei Sun
arXiv:2607. 28079v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Chemical property prediction plays a critical role in accelerating scientific discovery in chemistry, materials science, and drug development.
By Tianyou Bai, Huan Wang, Mingchen Gao, Fangyue Lin, Pinze Ren, Zhenlin Zhao, Siming Dong
arXiv:2607. 00924v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accelerating materials discovery requires AI systems that can generate scientifically valid hypotheses through multi-step, domain-grounded reasoning.
By Subhadeep Pal, Shashwat Sourav, Tirthankar Ghosal, Markus J. Buehler
arXiv:2607. 29510v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: High-entropy perovskite oxides (HEPOs) represent a chemically complex class of materials with promising functional properties, yet their vast compositional space and, chemical/structural disorder pose significant challenge for accurate property prediction.
By Panupol Untarabut, Narjes Jomaa, Sylvian Cadars, Olivier Masson, Samuel Bernard, Assil Bouzid, Santanu Saha
arXiv:2604. 11827v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Machine learning is revolutionizing chemistry.
By Hannes Kneiding, Luc\'ia Mor\'an-Gonz\'alez, Nishamol Kuriakose, Ainara Nova, David Balcells