{"title":"Precision, intelligence, and a new paradigm for chemical research.","authors":"Shuo Feng, Jun Jiang, Zhenyu Li","doi":"10.1063/5.0262187","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chemists have long struggled to precisely regulate and create substances, often relying on trial-and-error methods that are inefficient for complex, high-dimensional research challenges. However, recent advancements in computational and experimental techniques, particularly those with artificial intelligence (AI), are providing new avenues for precision and intelligent chemistry. This perspective highlights the synergistic integration of accurate theoretical simulations, advanced experimental characterization, and AI-driven models, creating a closed-loop system to accelerate chemical discovery and material design. At the core of this framework is an iterative process: precise computational and experimental data lead to advanced intelligent models, which guide the design of optimized reaction parameters or chemical components, and direct robotic platforms that perform reproducible, high-throughput experiments. These experimental data, in turn, provide continuous feedback to refine intelligent models, ultimately enabling precise control of reaction conditions and material properties. To fully realize this vision, we advocate the development of key infrastructures: a multidisciplinary, multimodal, and standardized AI-ready chemical database as a data foundation; a knowledge and logic-enhanced large chemical model for intelligent prediction and design; distributed, full-process robotic laboratories for automated experimentation; and a cloud platform for resource sharing and collaboration. Together, these components constitute a vision for robotic chemist cloud facilities, which will empower researchers with unparalleled capabilities to seamlessly integrate precision and intelligence. This integrated approach promises to accelerate discovery and represents a paradigm shift in chemical research.</p>","PeriodicalId":15313,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Chemical Physics","volume":"162 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Chemical Physics","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0262187","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Chemists have long struggled to precisely regulate and create substances, often relying on trial-and-error methods that are inefficient for complex, high-dimensional research challenges. However, recent advancements in computational and experimental techniques, particularly those with artificial intelligence (AI), are providing new avenues for precision and intelligent chemistry. This perspective highlights the synergistic integration of accurate theoretical simulations, advanced experimental characterization, and AI-driven models, creating a closed-loop system to accelerate chemical discovery and material design. At the core of this framework is an iterative process: precise computational and experimental data lead to advanced intelligent models, which guide the design of optimized reaction parameters or chemical components, and direct robotic platforms that perform reproducible, high-throughput experiments. These experimental data, in turn, provide continuous feedback to refine intelligent models, ultimately enabling precise control of reaction conditions and material properties. To fully realize this vision, we advocate the development of key infrastructures: a multidisciplinary, multimodal, and standardized AI-ready chemical database as a data foundation; a knowledge and logic-enhanced large chemical model for intelligent prediction and design; distributed, full-process robotic laboratories for automated experimentation; and a cloud platform for resource sharing and collaboration. Together, these components constitute a vision for robotic chemist cloud facilities, which will empower researchers with unparalleled capabilities to seamlessly integrate precision and intelligence. This integrated approach promises to accelerate discovery and represents a paradigm shift in chemical research.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Chemical Physics publishes quantitative and rigorous science of long-lasting value in methods and applications of chemical physics. The Journal also publishes brief Communications of significant new findings, Perspectives on the latest advances in the field, and Special Topic issues. The Journal focuses on innovative research in experimental and theoretical areas of chemical physics, including spectroscopy, dynamics, kinetics, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics. In addition, topical areas such as polymers, soft matter, materials, surfaces/interfaces, and systems of biological relevance are of increasing importance.
Topical coverage includes:
Theoretical Methods and Algorithms
Advanced Experimental Techniques
Atoms, Molecules, and Clusters
Liquids, Glasses, and Crystals
Surfaces, Interfaces, and Materials
Polymers and Soft Matter
Biological Molecules and Networks.