arXiv AI

A Density-Matrix Framework for Electronic-Structure Analysis of Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries

The paper introduces EMolStudio, a density‑matrix‑centered AI platform that predicts and analyzes electronic structure for electrolyte molecules in lithium batteries. It integrates molecular functionalization, explicit Li⁺ first‑shell assembly, density‑matrix prediction, and electronic‑structure parsing, enabling systematic study of 163,655 functionalized molecules and 22,500 first‑shell clusters across four lithium salts. The analysis reveals that functional groups and anion identity distinctly influence frontier orbital energies, electrostatic potential, and Li⁺‑donor contacts, with LiTDI anchoring the highest occupied orbital on the anion.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 3

Prototype-guided transfer of sparse literature knowledge for electrolyte additive discovery

ProtoMI is a literature‑driven framework that learns structural priors from 126 reported boron‑containing electrolyte additives and applies them to screen 179,977 unlabeled candidates. Using graph contrastive learning, it identifies seven interpretable prototypes and adapts them through semi‑supervised contrastive learning, achieving enrichment factors of 9.2–45.6 while evaluating less than 2% of the candidate space. The method led to the discovery of four commercially accessible additives, including TNDB, which improves high‑temperature LiFePO4||graphite cycling by 34.93% and forms protective interphases that suppress solvent decomposition and Fe deposition.

By Weixiang Hong, Hongting Du, Jiayue Tang, Ruifeng Tan, Yangjian Quan, Jia Li, Jiaqiang Huang
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 27

A Hierarchical Synergistic Deep Learning Framework Integrating Composition, Structure, and Ionic Transport for Solid-State Electrolyte Discovery

The paper presents a hierarchical deep‑learning framework that integrates compositional, structural, and transport models to screen solid‑state electrolytes. Four modules—L‑G‑DCNN, DenseGNN, MatterSim, and DeePMD—coordinate to evaluate thermodynamics, multi‑property performance, and kinetic transport, outperforming existing methods. Applied to over 30 million candidates, the workflow identifies 97 high‑performance materials, mainly halides, and links Li⁺ jump‑network connectivity to ionic conductivity while highlighting limits for oxide electrolytes.

By Hongwei Du, Dingyang Lv, Baole Wei, Yongheng Li, Feng Yu, Ziheng Lu, Siqi Shi, Hong Wang
arXiv AI
Aug 20

Coupled-cluster molecular properties across the main group that extrapolate beyond training size

The paper introduces MEHnet-MG, an equivariant neural network that predicts a one‑electron Hamiltonian from a single inexpensive B3LYP/def2‑SVP calculation and uses it to compute a wide range of molecular properties—energy, optical gap, dipole, quadrupole, polarizability, Mulliken charges, and Mayer bond orders—at coupled‑cluster accuracy for nine main‑group elements, including phosphorus, sulfur, and chlorine. Trained on a new CCSD(T) dataset, the model reduces property errors by factors ranging from 3.8 to 230 compared to various DFT methods while adding only ~25 ms per molecule. Importantly, by deriving properties from a predicted Hamiltonian rather than pooling atomic features, the architecture naturally incorporates correct size‑scaling, enabling accurate extrapolation to large π‑conjugated systems (up to 58 atoms) where traditional pooling‑based models fail.

By Wenhao He, Xu Chen, Noah Song, Haowei Xu, Tim S. Hindges, Bohan Li, Zihan Lin, Yu Yao, Avetik R. Harutyunyan, Fang Liu, Yao Wang, Hao Tang, Ju Li
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 23

OrbitAll: A Unified Quantum Mechanical Representation Deep Learning Framework for All Molecular Systems

arXiv:2507. 03853v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We introduce OrbitAll, a geometry- and physics-informed deep learning framework that encodes any molecular system with arbitrary charges, spins, and environmental effects using electronic structure information.

By Beom Seok Kang, Vignesh C. Bhethanabotla, Amin Tavakoli, Maurice D. Hanisch, Arimitsu Horikawa-Strakovsky, Miguel Nouman, Danish Khan, William A. Goddard III, Anima Anandkumar
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 7

FastCSP: Accelerated Molecular Crystal Structure Prediction with Universal Model for Atoms

arXiv:2508. 02641v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Molecular crystal structure prediction (CSP) is essential for applications in pharmaceuticals and organic electronics.

By Vahe Gharakhanyan, Yi Yang, Luis Barroso-Luque, Daniel S. Levine, Sushree Jagriti Sahoo, Brandon M. Wood, Kyle Michel, Muhammed Shuaibi, Gregory J. O. Beran, Viachaslau Bernat, Misko Dzamba, Xiang Fu, Meng Gao, Xingyu Liu, Benjamin K. Miller, Keian Noori, Lafe J. Purvis, Tingling Rao, Ammar Rizvi, Matt Uyttendaele, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Chiara Daraio, C. Lawrence Zitnick, Arman Boromand, Noa Marom, Zachary W. Ulissi, Anuroop Sriram
arXiv AI
Jun 8

COF26: A new on-top functional for multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory

arXiv:2605. 06215v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory (MC-PDFT) provides an efficient and accurate framework for computing electronic energies in strongly correlated molecular systems, with the quality of the on-top functional being a key determinant of its predictive accuracy.

By Yuhao Chen, Donald G. Truhlar, Xiao He
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 28

MolCryst-MLIPs: A Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials Database for Molecular Crystals

arXiv:2604. 13897v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We present an open Molecular Crystal (MC) database of Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials (MLIP) called MolCryst-MLIPs.

By Adam Lahouari, Shen Ai, Jihye Han, Jillian Hoffstadt, Philipp Hoellmer, Charlotte Infante, Pulkita Jain, Sangram Kadam, Maya M. Martirossyan, Amara McCune, Hypatia Newton, Shlok J. Paul, Willmor Pena, Jonathan Raghoonanan, Sumon Sahu, Oliver Tan, Andrea Vergara, Jutta Rogal, Mark E. Tuckerman
arXiv Machine Learning
3d ago

Scaling Density Functional Theory with Gaussian Splatting

The paper introduces Gaussian Splatting for Density Functional Theory (GS‑DFT), a method that represents molecular orbitals as a cloud of Gaussians optimized via gradient descent. GS‑DFT replaces fixed atom‑centered basis sets with an adaptive, differentiable orthogonalization and efficient two‑electron integral evaluation, achieving accuracy comparable to large conventional bases with far fewer parameters. The solver scales quadratically with cloud size, enabling simulations of up to 2,742 atoms on a single four‑GPU node at triple‑zeta precision.

By Andr\'es Guzm\'an-Cordero, Cindy Zhang, Majdi Hassan, Marta Skreta, Kirill Neklyudov, Matija Medvidovi\'c