Predicting and Interpreting Energy Barriers of Metallic Glasses with Graph Neural Networks

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Auteurs principaux: Li, Haoyu, Zhang, Shichang, Tang, Longwen, Bauchy, Mathieu, Sun, Yizhou
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author Li, Haoyu
Zhang, Shichang
Tang, Longwen
Bauchy, Mathieu
Sun, Yizhou
author_facet Li, Haoyu
Zhang, Shichang
Tang, Longwen
Bauchy, Mathieu
Sun, Yizhou
contents Metallic Glasses (MGs) are widely used materials that are stronger than steel while being shapeable as plastic. While understanding the structure-property relationship of MGs remains a challenge in materials science, studying their energy barriers (EBs) as an intermediary step shows promise. In this work, we utilize Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to model MGs and study EBs. We contribute a new dataset for EB prediction and a novel Symmetrized GNN (SymGNN) model that is E(3)-invariant in expectation. SymGNN handles invariance by aggregating over orthogonal transformations of the graph structure. When applied to EB prediction, SymGNN are more accurate than molecular dynamics (MD) local-sampling methods and other machine-learning models. Compared to precise MD simulations, SymGNN reduces the inference time on new MGs from roughly 41 days to less than one second. We apply explanation algorithms to reveal the relationship between structures and EBs. The structures that we identify through explanations match the medium-range order (MRO) hypothesis and possess unique topological properties. Our work enables effective prediction and interpretation of MG EBs, bolstering material science research.
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spellingShingle Predicting and Interpreting Energy Barriers of Metallic Glasses with Graph Neural Networks
Li, Haoyu
Zhang, Shichang
Tang, Longwen
Bauchy, Mathieu
Sun, Yizhou
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Materials Science
Machine Learning
Metallic Glasses (MGs) are widely used materials that are stronger than steel while being shapeable as plastic. While understanding the structure-property relationship of MGs remains a challenge in materials science, studying their energy barriers (EBs) as an intermediary step shows promise. In this work, we utilize Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to model MGs and study EBs. We contribute a new dataset for EB prediction and a novel Symmetrized GNN (SymGNN) model that is E(3)-invariant in expectation. SymGNN handles invariance by aggregating over orthogonal transformations of the graph structure. When applied to EB prediction, SymGNN are more accurate than molecular dynamics (MD) local-sampling methods and other machine-learning models. Compared to precise MD simulations, SymGNN reduces the inference time on new MGs from roughly 41 days to less than one second. We apply explanation algorithms to reveal the relationship between structures and EBs. The structures that we identify through explanations match the medium-range order (MRO) hypothesis and possess unique topological properties. Our work enables effective prediction and interpretation of MG EBs, bolstering material science research.
title Predicting and Interpreting Energy Barriers of Metallic Glasses with Graph Neural Networks
topic Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Materials Science
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.08627