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:2603. 29135v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Autonomous experimental systems are increasingly used in materials research to accelerate scientific discovery, but their performance is often limited by low-quality, noisy data.
By Jawad Chowdhury, Ganesh Narasimha, Jan-Chi Yang, Yongtao Liu, Rama Vasudevan
arXiv:2607. 17910v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming materials design by enabling de novo exploration of immense chemical spaces.
By Kinga O. Mastej, Panyalak Detrattanawichai, Hyunsoo Park, Anthony Onwuli, Masahiro Negishi, Aron Walsh
Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming materials design by enabling de novo exploration of immense chemical spaces. Yet a large proportion of AI-generated compositions remain implausible, violating established chemical principles, which limits the reliability and interpretability of generative materials design.
arXiv:2608. 14734v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Deep learning models of nanocrystal synthesis enable the prediction of size and shape by encoding precursors and reaction conditions.
By Kai Gu, Haizheng Zhong
The paper introduces SPARC, a reinforcement learning framework that generates crystalline materials while respecting symmetry constraints essential for meaningful physical properties. SPARC is applied to two tasks: optimizing uniaxial dielectric anisotropy, which requires specific crystal classes, and maximizing spectroscopic limited maximum efficiency, a scalar objective that lets the algorithm discover suitable crystallographic motifs. The results demonstrate that symmetry is a foundational requirement for producing robust, realizable functional materials.
By Ting-Wei Hsu, Arun Bansil, Qimin Yan
arXiv:2606. 30170v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generative molecular design is shaped by simple proxy benchmarks for drug-like properties and models pretrained on large pharmaceutical datasets.
By Matthias Blaschke, Daniel Kienzle, Zsuzsanna Koczor-Benda, Julian Lorenz, Rainer Lienhart, Fabian Pauly
arXiv:2609.00488v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Machine learning interatomic potentials bridge the gap between quantum chemical precision and classical computational speed, enabling molecular dynamic...
By Prajwal Ananth, Shuwen Yue
arXiv:2607. 07682v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The inverse design of physical systems governed by partial differential equations is computationally demanding due to the high dimensionality and non-convexity of design spaces.
By Xiangming Huang, Guannan Zhang, Lu Lu, Rapha\"el Pestourie
arXiv:2606. 07836v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Many-body GW-Bethe-Salpeter equation calculations are essential for accurate simulations of electronic structure and optical properties in modern low-dimensional nanomaterials.
By Arnab Neogi, Aaron Forde, Christopher A. Lane, Sergei Tretiak, Jian-Xin Zhu
PGFS++ is a synthesis‑aware reinforcement learning framework that improves molecular properties such as drug‑likeness or binding affinity while ensuring the resulting molecules can be synthesized and remain structurally similar to the input. It builds on PGFS+ by using trainable embedding lookup tables for reaction templates and second reactants, a more effective scoring function, and a refined RL algorithm. The method addresses a reward‑hacking failure mode by treating each input molecule as the start of a forward‑synthesis trajectory, applying learned reaction templates with in‑stock building blocks, and producing diverse, high‑quality outputs with explicit synthesis routes.
arXiv:2604. 13354v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The discovery of inorganic crystal structures with targeted properties is a significant challenge in materials science.
By Auguste de Lambilly, Vladimir Baturin, David Portehault, Guillaume Lambard, Nataliya Sokolovska, Florence d'Alch\'e-Buc, Jean-Claude Crivello