{"title":"Machine learning on multiple topological materials datasets","authors":"Yuqing He, Pierre-Paul De Breuck, Hongming Weng, Matteo Giantomassi, Gian-Marco Rignanese","doi":"10.1038/s41524-025-01687-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01687-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A dataset of 35,608 materials with their topological properties is constructed by combining the density functional theory (DFT) results of Materiae and the Topological Materials Database. Thanks to this, machine-learning approaches are developed to categorize materials into five distinct topological types, with the XGBoost model achieving an impressive 85.2% classification accuracy. By conducting generalization tests on different sub-datasets, differences are identified between the original datasets in terms of topological types, chemical elements, unknown magnetic compounds, and feature space coverage. Their impact on model performance is analyzed. Turning to the simpler binary classification between trivial insulators and nontrivial topological materials, three different approaches are also tested. Key characteristics influencing material topology are identified, with the maximum packing efficiency and the fraction of <i>p</i> valence electrons being highlighted as critical features.</p>","PeriodicalId":19342,"journal":{"name":"npj Computational Materials","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144288205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel algorithm for circumventing the need to model large supercells of mismatched material interfaces","authors":"Noam Levi Hadari, Maytal Caspary Toroker","doi":"10.1038/s41524-025-01675-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01675-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A longstanding challenge in materials science has been the computational modeling of interfaces between materials with different lattice parameters. Traditional approaches using plane-wave basis sets require either introducing artificial strain through unified lattice parameters or constructing prohibitively large supercells to accommodate the mismatch. These limitations have often deterred researchers from investigating large, mismatched interfaces, creating a gap in the understanding of these important systems. This work introduces an innovative algorithm that adaptively tunes the plane-wave basis sets to match the periodic structure of each material across the interface. By eliminating the need for extensive supercells or compromised lattice parameters, this new method reduces computational costs while retaining reliable results. The ability to efficiently calculate the eigen-energies of such mismatched systems, a crucial step for full density functional theory (DFT) calculations, is demonstrated with two dimensional versions of InAs/Si and SiC/Si interface potentials.</p>","PeriodicalId":19342,"journal":{"name":"npj Computational Materials","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144278734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bridging deep learning force fields and electronic structures with a physics-informed approach","authors":"Yubo Qi, Weiyi Gong, Qimin Yan","doi":"10.1038/s41524-025-01668-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01668-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This work presents a physics-informed neural network approach bridging deep-learning force field and electronic structure simulations, illustrated through twisted two-dimensional large-scale material systems. The deep potential molecular dynamics model is adopted as the backbone, and the electronic structure simulation is integrated. Using Wannier functions as the basis, we categorize Wannier Hamiltonian elements based on physical principles to incorporate diverse information from a deep-learning force field model. This information-sharing mechanism streamlines the architecture of our dual-functional model, enhancing its efficiency and effectiveness. This Wannier-based dual-functional model for simulating electronic band and structural relaxation (WANDER) serves as a powerful tool to explore large-scale systems. By endowing a well-developed machine-learning force field with electronic structure simulation capabilities, the study marks a significant advancement in developing multimodal machine-learning-based computational methods that can achieve multiple functionalities traditionally exclusive to first-principles calculations. Moreover, utilizing Wannier functions as the basis lays the groundwork for predicting more physical quantities.</p>","PeriodicalId":19342,"journal":{"name":"npj Computational Materials","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144269179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sofia Sheikh, Brent Vela, Pejman Honarmandi, Peter Morcos, David Shoukr, Abdelrahman Mostafa Kotb, Ibrahim Karaman, Alaa Elwany, Raymundo Arróyave
{"title":"High-throughput alloy and process design for metal additive manufacturing","authors":"Sofia Sheikh, Brent Vela, Pejman Honarmandi, Peter Morcos, David Shoukr, Abdelrahman Mostafa Kotb, Ibrahim Karaman, Alaa Elwany, Raymundo Arróyave","doi":"10.1038/s41524-025-01670-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01670-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Many engineering alloys originally designed for conventional manufacturing lack considerations for additive manufacturing (AM), presenting opportunities for novel alloy designs. Evaluating alloy printability requires extensive analysis of chemical composition and processing conditions. The complexity of experimental exploration drives the need for high-throughput computational frameworks. This study introduces a framework that integrates material properties, processing parameters, and melt pool profiles from three thermal models to assess process-induced defects, such as lack-of-fusion, balling, and keyholing. A deep learning surrogate model accelerates the printability assessment by 1000 times without losing accuracy. We validate the framework with printability maps for the equiatomic CoCrFeMnNi system and apply it to explore printable alloys in the Co-Cr-Fe-Mn-Ni high-entropy alloy space. Ensemble probabilistic printability maps further provide insights into defect likelihood and uncertainty, enhancing alloy design for AM by efficiently navigating vast design spaces.</p>","PeriodicalId":19342,"journal":{"name":"npj Computational Materials","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144278731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antoine Loew, Dewen Sun, Hai-Chen Wang, Silvana Botti, Miguel A. L. Marques
{"title":"Universal machine learning interatomic potentials are ready for phonons","authors":"Antoine Loew, Dewen Sun, Hai-Chen Wang, Silvana Botti, Miguel A. L. Marques","doi":"10.1038/s41524-025-01650-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01650-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>There has been an ongoing race for the past several years to develop the best universal machine learning interatomic potential. This progress has led to increasingly accurate models for predicting energy, forces, and stresses, combining innovative architectures with big data. Here, we benchmark these models on their ability to predict harmonic phonon properties, which are critical for understanding the vibrational and thermal behavior of materials. Using around 10 000 ab initio phonon calculations, we evaluate model performance across various phonon-related parameters to test the universal applicability of these models. The results reveal that some models achieve high accuracy in predicting harmonic phonon properties. However, others still exhibit substantial inaccuracies, even if they excel in the prediction of the energy and the forces for materials close to dynamical equilibrium. These findings highlight the importance of considering phonon-related properties in the development of universal machine learning interatomic potentials.</p>","PeriodicalId":19342,"journal":{"name":"npj Computational Materials","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144278732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Henry Phillip Fried, Daniel Barragan-Yani, Florian Libisch, Ludger Wirtz
{"title":"A machine learning approach to predict tight-binding parameters for point defects via the projected density of states","authors":"Henry Phillip Fried, Daniel Barragan-Yani, Florian Libisch, Ludger Wirtz","doi":"10.1038/s41524-025-01634-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01634-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Calculating the impact of point defects on the macroscopic properties of technologically relevant semiconductors remains a considerable challenge. Semi-empirical approaches, such as the tight-binding method, are very efficient in calculating the electronic structure of large supercells containing one or several defects. However, the accuracy of these calculations depends on the quality of the parameters. Obtaining reliable parameters by fitting to the large number of entangled bands in defective supercells is a demanding task. We therefore present an alternative way by fitting to the atom and orbital projected densities of states. Starting with a tight-binding fit of the pristine material, we only need a few physically motivated parameters for the fitting of defects. The training is done on data sets generated purely with parameter variations of tight-binding Hamiltonians. We demonstrate the efficiency of our approach for the calculation of the carbon monomer and the carbon dimer substitutions in hexagonal boron nitride. The method opens a path towards understanding complicated defect landscapes using a computationally affordable semi-empirical approach without sacrificing accuracy.</p>","PeriodicalId":19342,"journal":{"name":"npj Computational Materials","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144260194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fan Zhang, Li Fu, Weiwei Gao, Peihong Zhang, Jijun Zhao
{"title":"Efficiently charting the space of mixed vacancy-ordered perovskites by machine-learning encoded atomic-site information","authors":"Fan Zhang, Li Fu, Weiwei Gao, Peihong Zhang, Jijun Zhao","doi":"10.1038/s41524-025-01667-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01667-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Vacancy-ordered double perovskites (VODPs) are promising alternatives to three-dimensional lead halide perovskites for optoelectronic applications. Mixing these materials creates a vast compositional space for tunable properties but complicates efficient screening of target candidates. Here, we illustrate the diverse electronic and optical characteristics as well as the nonlinear mixing effects within mixed VODPs. Furthermore, inspired by the observation that all physical properties of mixed systems with limited local environment options can be uniquely determined by the information regarding atomic-site occupation, we developed a method combining data augmentation and a transformer-inspired graph neural network to effectively encodes atomic-site information in mixed systems. This approach accurately predicts band gaps and formation energies for mixed VODPs, achieving Root Mean Square Errors of 21 meV and 3.9 meV/atom, respectively. Trained with samples with up-to three mixed elements and small supercells (<72 atoms), the model not only can be generalized to medium- and high-entropy systems and larger supercells (>200 atoms), but also well reproduces the bandgap bowing effect in Sn-based mixed VODPs.</p>","PeriodicalId":19342,"journal":{"name":"npj Computational Materials","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144252770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Parzer, Alexander Riss, Fabian Garmroudi, Johannes de Boor, Takao Mori, Ernst Bauer
{"title":"SeeBand: a highly efficient, interactive tool for analyzing electronic transport data","authors":"Michael Parzer, Alexander Riss, Fabian Garmroudi, Johannes de Boor, Takao Mori, Ernst Bauer","doi":"10.1038/s41524-025-01645-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01645-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>SeeBand</i> is an interactive tool for extracting microscopic material parameters by fitting temperature-dependent thermoelectric transport properties using Boltzmann transport theory. With real-time comparison between electronic band structures and transport data, it analyzes the Seebeck coefficient, resistivity, and Hall coefficient. Neural-network-assisted guesses and efficient fitting routines enable high-throughput processing of large datasets. <i>SeeBand</i> accelerates material design by allowing electronic band structure models to be derived directly from a single sample’s transport measurements.</p>","PeriodicalId":19342,"journal":{"name":"npj Computational Materials","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144237129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu Zhou, Ke Zhao, Zhenfa Zheng, Huiwen Xiang, Jin Zhao, Chengyan Liu
{"title":"Defect inducing large spin orbital coupling enhances magnetic recovery dynamics in CrI3 monolayer","authors":"Yu Zhou, Ke Zhao, Zhenfa Zheng, Huiwen Xiang, Jin Zhao, Chengyan Liu","doi":"10.1038/s41524-025-01665-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01665-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The rapid magnetic recovery process (MRP) after photoexcitation is crucial for efficient information recording in magnets but is often impeded by insufficient spin flip channels. Using time-domain ab initio nonadiabatic molecular dynamics including spin-orbital coupling (SOC), we investigate MRP in a CrI<sub>3</sub> ferromagnetic monolayer and find that defects can accelerate this process. In defect-free CrI<sub>3</sub>, MRP is slow (400 fs) due to weak SOC between spin-majority and spin-minority valence band edges, notably limiting spin flips during relaxation. Intrinsic vacancy defects (V<sub>I</sub> and V<sub>Cr</sub>), particularly the V<sub>Cr</sub> defect, disrupt the system’s rotational symmetry by extending their states asymmetrically to bulk I ions. The lowered symmetry significantly enhances SOC near the valence band edges and speeds up MRP to 100 fs by promoting spin flips. This study uncovers the origins of slow MRP in CrI<sub>3</sub> monolayer and highlights defect engineering as a promising strategy to improve MRP for optically excited spintronic devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":19342,"journal":{"name":"npj Computational Materials","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144237564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Albert Beardo, Weinan Chen, Brendan McBennett, Tara Karimzadeh Sabet, Emma E. Nelson, Theodore H. Culman, Henry C. Kapteyn, Joshua L. Knobloch, Margaret M. Murnane, Ismaila Dabo
{"title":"Nanoscale confinement of phonon flow and heat transport","authors":"Albert Beardo, Weinan Chen, Brendan McBennett, Tara Karimzadeh Sabet, Emma E. Nelson, Theodore H. Culman, Henry C. Kapteyn, Joshua L. Knobloch, Margaret M. Murnane, Ismaila Dabo","doi":"10.1038/s41524-025-01593-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01593-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Efficient thermal management is critical to device performance and reliability for energy conversion, nanoelectronics, and the development of quantum technologies. The commonly-used diffusive model of heat transport breaks down for confined nanoscale geometries, and advanced theories beyond diffusion are based on disparate assumptions that lead to conflicting predictions. Here, we outline and contrast the two predominant formulations of the Boltzmann equation for heat transport in semiconductors, namely, the ballistic and hydrodynamic models. We examine these methods in light of experiments and atomistic calculations of heat fluxes and temperature profiles in phononic systems with nanometer-sized features. We argue that reconciling the hydrodynamic and ballistic formulations is an outstanding necessity to develop a unifying theory of confinement effects on phonon flow, which will ultimately lead to optimal strategies for thermal management in nanodevices.</p>","PeriodicalId":19342,"journal":{"name":"npj Computational Materials","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144237562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}