Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: Jan. 30, 2025
Abstract
Crystalline
pentacene
is
a
model
solid-state
light-harvesting
material
because
its
quantum
efficiencies
exceed
100%
via
ultrafast
singlet
fission.
The
fission
mechanism
in
crystals
disputed
due
to
insufficient
electronic
information
time-resolved
experiments
and
intractable
mechanical
calculations
for
simulating
realistic
crystal
dynamics.
Here
we
combine
multiscale
multiconfigurational
approach
machine
learning
photodynamics
understand
competing
mechanisms
crystalline
pentacene.
Our
simulations
reveal
coexisting
charge-transfer-mediated
coherent
the
channels
herringbone
parallel
dimers.
predicted
time
constants
(61
33
fs)
are
excellent
agreement
with
(78
35
fs).
trajectories
highlight
essential
role
of
intermolecular
stretching
between
monomers
generating
multi-exciton
state
explain
anisotropic
phenomenon.
machine-learning-photodynamics
resolved
elusive
interplay
structure
vibrational
relations,
enabling
fully
atomistic
excited-state
dynamics
quality
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
75(1), P. 371 - 395
Published: June 28, 2024
In
the
past
two
decades,
machine
learning
potentials
(MLPs)
have
driven
significant
developments
in
chemical,
biological,
and
material
sciences.
The
construction
training
of
MLPs
enable
fast
accurate
simulations
analysis
thermodynamic
kinetic
properties.
This
review
focuses
on
application
to
reaction
systems
with
consideration
bond
breaking
formation.
We
development
MLP
models,
primarily
neural
network
kernel-based
algorithms,
recent
applications
reactive
(RMLPs)
at
different
scales.
show
how
RMLPs
are
constructed,
they
speed
up
calculation
dynamics,
facilitate
study
trajectories,
rates,
free
energy
calculations,
many
other
calculations.
Different
data
sampling
strategies
applied
building
also
discussed
a
focus
collect
structures
for
rare
events
further
improve
their
performance
active
learning.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13(1)
Published: June 15, 2022
Light-induced
chemical
processes
are
ubiquitous
in
nature
and
have
widespread
technological
applications.
For
example,
photoisomerization
can
allow
a
drug
with
photo-switchable
scaffold
such
as
azobenzene
to
be
activated
light.
In
principle,
photoswitches
desired
photophysical
properties
like
high
isomerization
quantum
yields
identified
through
virtual
screening
reactive
simulations.
practice,
these
simulations
rarely
used
for
screening,
since
they
require
hundreds
of
trajectories
expensive
methods
account
non-adiabatic
excited
state
effects.
Here
we
introduce
diabatic
artificial
neural
network
(DANN),
based
on
states,
accelerate
derivatives.
The
is
six
orders
magnitude
faster
than
the
chemistry
method
training.
DANN
transferable
molecules
outside
training
set,
predicting
unseen
species
that
correlated
experiment.
We
use
model
virtually
screen
3100
hypothetical
molecules,
identify
novel
predicted
yields.
predictions
confirmed
using
high-accuracy
dynamics.
Our
results
pave
way
fast
accurate
photoactive
compounds.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
12(32), P. 10944 - 10955
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
Predictive
molecular
simulations
require
fast,
accurate
and
reactive
interatomic
potentials.
Machine
learning
offers
a
promising
approach
to
construct
such
potentials
by
fitting
energies
forces
high-level
quantum-mechanical
data,
but
doing
so
typically
requires
considerable
human
intervention
data
volume.
Here
we
show
that,
leveraging
hierarchical
active
learning,
Gaussian
Approximation
Potential
(GAP)
models
can
be
developed
for
diverse
chemical
systems
in
an
autonomous
manner,
requiring
only
hundreds
few
thousand
energy
gradient
evaluations
on
reference
potential-energy
surface.
The
uses
separate
intra-
inter-molecular
fits
employs
prospective
error
metric
assess
the
accuracy
of
We
demonstrate
applications
range
with
relevance
computational
organic
chemistry:
ranging
from
bulk
solvents,
solvated
metal
ion
metallocage
onwards
reactivity,
including
bifurcating
Diels-Alder
reaction
gas
phase
non-equilibrium
dynamics
(a
model
S
Environmental Science & Technology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
56(4), P. 2115 - 2123
Published: Jan. 27, 2022
It
is
an
important
topic
in
environmental
sciences
to
understand
the
behavior
and
toxicology
of
chemical
pollutants.
Quantum
methodologies
have
served
as
useful
tools
for
probing
pollutants
recent
decades.
In
years,
machine
learning
(ML)
techniques
brought
revolutionary
developments
field
quantum
chemistry,
which
may
be
beneficial
investigating
However,
ML-based
methods
(ML-QCMs)
only
scarcely
been
used
studies
so
far.
To
promote
applications
promising
methods,
this
Perspective
summarizes
progress
ML-QCMs
focuses
on
their
potential
that
could
hardly
achieved
by
conventional
methods.
Potential
challenges
predicting
degradation
networks
pollutants,
searching
global
minima
atmospheric
nanoclusters,
discovering
heterogeneous
or
photochemical
transformation
pathways
well
environmentally
relevant
end
points
with
wave
functions
descriptors
are
introduced
discussed.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(30)
Published: May 25, 2024
Abstract
Computational
chemistry
is
an
indispensable
tool
for
understanding
molecules
and
predicting
chemical
properties.
However,
traditional
computational
methods
face
significant
challenges
due
to
the
difficulty
of
solving
Schrödinger
equations
increasing
cost
with
size
molecular
system.
In
response,
there
has
been
a
surge
interest
in
leveraging
artificial
intelligence
(AI)
machine
learning
(ML)
techniques
silico
experiments.
Integrating
AI
ML
into
increases
scalability
speed
exploration
space.
remain,
particularly
regarding
reproducibility
transferability
models.
This
review
highlights
evolution
from,
complementing,
or
replacing
energy
property
predictions.
Starting
from
models
trained
entirely
on
numerical
data,
journey
set
forth
toward
ideal
model
incorporating
physical
laws
quantum
mechanics.
paper
also
reviews
existing
their
intertwining,
outlines
roadmap
future
research,
identifies
areas
improvement
innovation.
Ultimately,
goal
develop
architectures
capable
accurate
transferable
solutions
equation,
thereby
revolutionizing
experiments
within
materials
science.
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
20(12), P. 5043 - 5057
Published: June 5, 2024
We
present
an
open-source
MLatom@XACS
software
ecosystem
for
on-the-fly
surface
hopping
nonadiabatic
dynamics
based
on
the
Landau–Zener–Belyaev–Lebedev
algorithm.
The
can
be
performed
via
Python
API
with
a
wide
range
of
quantum
mechanical
(QM)
and
machine
learning
(ML)
methods,
including
ab
initio
QM
(CASSCF
ADC(2)),
semiempirical
methods
(e.g.,
AM1,
PM3,
OMx,
ODMx),
many
types
ML
potentials
KREG,
ANI,
MACE).
Combinations
also
used.
While
user
build
their
own
combinations,
we
provide
AIQM1,
which
is
Δ-learning
used
out-of-the-box.
showcase
how
AIQM1
reproduces
isomerization
yield
trans-azobenzene
at
low
cost.
example
scripts
that,
in
dozens
lines,
enable
to
obtain
final
population
plots
by
simply
providing
initial
geometry
molecule.
Thus,
those
perform
optimization,
normal
mode
calculations,
condition
sampling,
parallel
trajectories
propagation,
analysis,
result
plotting.
Given
capabilities
MLatom
training
different
models,
this
seamlessly
integrated
into
protocols
building
models
dynamics.
In
future,
deeper
more
efficient
integration
Newton-X
will
vast
functionalities
dynamics,
such
as
fewest-switches
hopping,
facilitate
similar
workflows
API.