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Finding Nature’s Missing Ternary Oxide Compounds Using Machine Learning and Density Functional Theory

Hautier, Geoffroy, Fischer, Christopher C., Jain, Anubhav, Mueller, Tim, Ceder, Gerbrand·2010·Chemistry of Materials

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Finding new compounds and their crystal structures is an essential step to new materials discoveries. We demonstrate how this search can be accelerated using a combination of machine learning techniques and high-throughput ab initio computations. Using a probabilistic model built on an experimental crystal structure database, novel compositions that are most likely to form a compound, and their most-probable crystal structures, are identified and tested for stability by ab initio computations. We performed such a large-scale search for new ternary oxides, discovering 209 new compounds with a limited computational budget. A list of these predicted compounds is provided, and we discuss the chemistries in which high discovery rates can be expected.

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  • The paradigm of TGDS has already begun to show promise in scientific problems from diverse disciplines.

    “The paradigm of TGDS has already begun to show promise in scientific problems from diverse disciplines.”
  • This line of research has resulted in the discovery of a hundred new ternary oxide compounds that were previously unknown using traditional approaches.

    “This line of research has resulted in the discovery of a hundred new ternary oxide compounds that were previously unknown using traditional approaches [22], highlighting the effectiveness of TGDS in advancing scientific knowledge.”

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Authors
Hautier, G., Fischer, C. C., Jain, A., Mueller, T., & Ceder, G.
Affiliations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author
Ceder, Gerbrand
Venue
Chemistry of Materials
Published
2010-05-27
Volume
22
Issue
12
Pages
3762-3767
ISSN
  • 0897-4756 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-5002
OpenAlex
W1982598895
Cited by
580
References
41
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Chemistry of Materials (publishedVersion)
  • DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Belgian American Educational Foundation
  • Division of Materials Research
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Crystal Structures and Properties
Keywords
ternary oxides, crystal structure prediction, materials discovery, probabilistic models, crystal structure database, compound stability, high-throughput ab initio calculations, machine learning

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