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ED-CSP: Crystal Structure Prediction from Electron Diffraction

arXiv:2608. 06448v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Recovering a periodic 3D crystal structure from sparse, unindexed electron diffraction (ED) observations is a challenging generative inverse problem.

arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 15

XRDiff: Crystal Structure Prediction from Powder X-Ray Diffraction Data Using Diffusion Models

arXiv:2606. 14003v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Determining the crystal structure of a material from its powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) pattern is a central challenge in materials science.

By Nofit Segal, Mingda Li, Benjamin Kurt Miller, Rafael G\'omez-Bombarelli

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arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 2

Towards Automated Discovery: A Review of Generative Models, Multimodal Learning and Closed-Loop Workflows in Inverse Materials Design

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

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arXiv Machine Learning

Jul 10

MatBind: A Shared Embedding Space for Multimodal Materials Characterization

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)

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arXiv Machine Learning

2d ago

SPEAR: Structure Property Explainability with Attention Regularization

arXiv:2608. 13826v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Machine learning is increasingly used to learn structure property relationships from spectroscopic and diffraction data, yet its adoption in materials discovery is often limited by poor interpretability of model predictions.

By Aditya Raghavan, Utkarsh Pratiush, Dalton A. Pearl, Jade Holliman Jr, Katharine Page, Philip D Rack, Sergei V Kalinin

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arXiv AI

Jul 7

Interpretable Nanoporous Materials Design with Symmetry-Aware Networks

arXiv:2509. 15908v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Nanoporous materials hold promise for diverse sustainable applications, yet their vast chemical space poses challenges for efficient design.

By Zhenhao Zhou, Salman Bin Kashif, Jin-Hu Dou, Chris Wolverton, Kaihang Shi, Tao Deng, Zhenpeng Yao

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arXiv AI

Jun 9

MatMind: A Structure-Activity Knowledge-Driven Generative Foundation Model for Materials Science

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

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arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 17

Adaptable Method for Crystal Design across Diverse Constraints and Objectives with Pretrained Property Predictors

arXiv:2410. 08562v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Advanced crystal design can accelerate materials discovery across applications from photovoltaics to spintronics.

By Akihiro Fujii, Yoshitaka Ushiku, Koji Shimizu, Anh Khoa Augustin Lu, Satoshi Watanabe

arXiv Machine Learning

Aug 3

Representations from Pretrained Machine-Learning Interatomic Potentials as Coarse Coordinates for Material Generation and Evaluation

arXiv:2607. 28776v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generative machine learning is increasingly used for inorganic crystal structure generation.

By Paul Hagemann, Katharina Ueltzen, Simon M\"uller, Janine George, Philipp Benner

arXiv AI

Jul 29

Dual-Level Atomic and Coordination Geometry Learning for Crystal Property Prediction Using Graph Neural Networks

arXiv:2607. 24818v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate prediction of crystal properties remains a key challenge in computational materials science.

By Sanjay Chakraborty

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arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 3

ReciNet: Reciprocal Space-Aware Long-Range Modeling for Crystalline Property Prediction

arXiv:2502. 02748v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Predicting properties of crystals from their structures is a fundamental yet challenging task in materials science.

By Jianan Nie, Peiyao Xiao, Kaiyi Ji, Peng Gao

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arXiv AI

Jul 7

NextCrystal: a Symmetry-Driven Generative Framework for Crystal Structure Prediction

arXiv:2602. 17176v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Crystal structure prediction (CSP), which aims to predict the 3D atomic arrangement of a crystal from its composition, is central to materials discovery and mechanistic understanding.

By Jinming Mu, Lixin He, Xudong Zhu, Shi Yin

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arXiv Machine Learning

Jul 8

AtomBench: A Benchmarking Framework for Generative Crystal Reconstruction Models in Conventional Superconductors

arXiv:2510. 16165v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: A key question in benchmarking generative crystal reconstruction models is how the amount and type of crystallographic information provided to a generative model affects its ability to reconstruct atomic structures.

By Charles Rhys Campbell, Aldo H. Romero, Kamal Choudhary

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