arXiv Machine Learning

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.

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
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 17

Robust and Efficient AI Frameworks for Scalable Material Design and Property Prediction

The thesis presents AI frameworks that accelerate crystalline materials discovery by tackling both crystal property prediction and crystal structure generation. It introduces CrysXPP, CrysGNN, and CrysMMNet for efficient, data‑sparse property prediction using graph autoencoding, self‑supervised pretraining, and multimodal learning. For generation, TGDMat is a text‑guided diffusion model that jointly learns lattice parameters, atomic types, and coordinates, enabling valid, stable, and conditionally generated periodic materials.

By Kishalay Das
arXiv Machine Learning
2d ago

Riemannian Flow Models with Reinforcement Learning for Molecular Crystal Structure Prediction

arXiv:2609.39773v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Crystal structure governs material properties, making crystal structure prediction (CSP) a fundamental problem in materials science. Generative models...

By Thomas Egg, Harry Winston Sullivan, Maya M. Martirossyan, Philipp H\"ollmer, Cheng Zeng, Adrian Roitberg, Mingjie Liu, Richard Hennig, Sapna Sarupria, Ellad B. Tadmor, Stefano Martiniani
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
arXiv AI
Sep 15

Symmetry- and Property-Aware Crystal Generation with Reinforcement Learning for Inverse Materials Design

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