Validation Workflow for Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials for Complex Ceramics

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Main Authors: Ghaffari, Kimia, Bavdekar, Salil, Spearot, Douglas E., Subhash, Ghatu
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Published: 2024
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author Ghaffari, Kimia
Bavdekar, Salil
Spearot, Douglas E.
Subhash, Ghatu
author_facet Ghaffari, Kimia
Bavdekar, Salil
Spearot, Douglas E.
Subhash, Ghatu
contents The number of published Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials (MLIPs) has increased significantly in recent years. These new data-driven potential energy approximations often lack the physics-based foundations that inform many traditionally-developed interatomic potentials and hence require robust validation methods for their applicability, accuracy, computational efficiency, and transferability to the intended applications. This work presents a sequential, three-stage workflow for MLIP validation: (i) preliminary validation, (ii) static property prediction, and (iii) dynamic property prediction. This material-agnostic procedure is demonstrated in a tutorial approach for the development of a robust MLIP for boron carbide (B4C), a widely employed, structurally complex ceramic that undergoes a deleterious deformation mechanism called "amorphization" under high-pressure loading. It is shown that the resulting B4C MLIP offers a more accurate prediction of properties compared to the available empirical potential.
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spellingShingle Validation Workflow for Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials for Complex Ceramics
Ghaffari, Kimia
Bavdekar, Salil
Spearot, Douglas E.
Subhash, Ghatu
Materials Science
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
The number of published Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials (MLIPs) has increased significantly in recent years. These new data-driven potential energy approximations often lack the physics-based foundations that inform many traditionally-developed interatomic potentials and hence require robust validation methods for their applicability, accuracy, computational efficiency, and transferability to the intended applications. This work presents a sequential, three-stage workflow for MLIP validation: (i) preliminary validation, (ii) static property prediction, and (iii) dynamic property prediction. This material-agnostic procedure is demonstrated in a tutorial approach for the development of a robust MLIP for boron carbide (B4C), a widely employed, structurally complex ceramic that undergoes a deleterious deformation mechanism called "amorphization" under high-pressure loading. It is shown that the resulting B4C MLIP offers a more accurate prediction of properties compared to the available empirical potential.
title Validation Workflow for Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials for Complex Ceramics
topic Materials Science
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.05222