arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 12
Inverse Design of Inorganic Compounds with Generative AI
arXiv:2604. 11827v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Machine learning is revolutionizing chemistry.
A large-scale nanocrystal database with aligned synthesis and properties enabling generative inverse design
arXiv:2601. 02424v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The synthesis of nanocrystals has been highly dependent on trial-and-error, due to the complex correlation between synthesis parameters and physicochemical properties.
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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.
arXiv AI
Aug 18
Data-knowledge dual-driven intelligent framework for full-chain, experiment-efficient synthesis of 2D dendrites
arXiv:2603. 16959v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Exemplified by the chemical vapor deposition growth of two-dimensional dendrites, which has potential applications in catalysis and presents a parameter-intensive, data-scarce and reaction process-complex model problem, we devise a machine intelligence-empowered framework for the full chain support of material synthesis, encompassing rapid process optimization, accurate customized synthesis, and comprehensive mechanism deciphering.
arXiv AI
Aug 18
Unraveling the Size Determination Mechanism of Nanocrystal Synthesis via Interpretable Neural Networks
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.
arXiv Statistics ML
Sep 7
Towards AI-Driven Nanomedicine Discovery: A Benchmark and Multimodal Learning Framework for Nano Self-Assembly Prediction
The paper introduces NSA-Bench, a public benchmark for predicting nano self‑assembly (NSA) between molecular pairs, framing it as a binary classification problem. It presents NSA‑Net, a multimodal learning framework that fuses graph topology, sequence semantics, and physicochemical descriptors to predict self‑assembly, achieving high ROC‑AUC scores and outperforming existing baselines. The study also demonstrates how NSA‑Net’s predictions can guide experimental formulation refinement through an NSA‑Agent case study.
arXiv AI
Jun 2
Language-Native Materials Processing Design by Lightly Structured Text Database and Reasoning Large Language Model
arXiv:2509. 06093v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Materials synthesis procedures are predominantly documented as narrative text in papers, protocols, and laboratory records, placing them beyond the reach of conventional data-driven optimization frameworks.
arXiv AI
Jun 30
Beyond Drug Discovery: The Nanotechnology Molecular Optimization (NMO) Benchmark
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.
arXiv AI
Aug 18
RetroMPA: A Molecular Property-Aware Auxiliary Framework for Enhancing Retrosynthesis Prediction
arXiv:2608. 16111v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Retrosynthesis is a cornerstone of drug discovery and organic synthesis.
arXiv AI
Aug 20
PGFS++: Molecular Property Improvement under Synthesis and Diversity Constraints
PGFS++ is a synthesis‑aware reinforcement learning framework that improves molecular properties 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. Experiments demonstrate that PGFS++ enhances target properties and preserves high output diversity, overcoming the reward‑hacking failure mode seen in earlier versions.
arXiv AI
Aug 10
Strategy-first synthesis planning for complex natural products
arXiv:2608. 07454v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The total synthesis of a complex molecule is among the most demanding intellectual and experimental feats in chemistry: a chemist must plan many steps ahead for how to assemble simple building blocks into an intricate target, devise backup strategies, and anticipate procedural challenges.
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 14
CatRetriever: Contrastive Representation Learning for Slab-to-Bulk Retrieval in Generative Catalyst Discovery
arXiv:2607. 11712v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Inverse design is an emerging data-driven paradigm for efficiently navigating vast chemical spaces to discover new materials with targeted properties, and in the context of heterogeneous catalysis, surface generative models have recently advanced this goal by directly generating catalyst surface-adsorbate structures.
arXiv AI
Jul 7
URSA: Chemistry-Aware Benchmark for Utilitarian Retrosynthesis Assessment
arXiv:2607. 04688v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Synthesis planning aiming to find pathways of reactions for a target molecule is one of the most important and challenging tasks in drug discovery.