ArcaNN: automated enhanced sampling generation of training sets for chemically reactive machine learning interatomic potentials

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Main Authors: David, Rolf, de la Puente, Miguel, Gomez, Axel, Anton, Olaia, Stirnemann, Guillaume, Laage, Damien
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Published: 2024
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author David, Rolf
de la Puente, Miguel
Gomez, Axel
Anton, Olaia
Stirnemann, Guillaume
Laage, Damien
author_facet David, Rolf
de la Puente, Miguel
Gomez, Axel
Anton, Olaia
Stirnemann, Guillaume
Laage, Damien
contents The emergence of artificial intelligence has profoundly impacted computational chemistry, particularly through machine-learned potentials (MLPs), which offer a balance of accuracy and efficiency in calculating atomic energies and forces to be used in molecular dynamics simulations. These MLPs have significantly advanced molecular dynamics simulations across various applications, including large-scale simulations of materials, interfaces, and chemical reactions. Despite these advances, the construction of training datasets - a critical component for the accuracy of MLPs - has not received proportional attention. This is particularly critical for chemical reactivity which depends on rare barrier-crossing events. Here we address this gap by introducing ArcaNN, a comprehensive framework designed for generating training datasets for reactive MLPs. ArcaNN employs a concurrent learning approach combined with advanced sampling techniques to ensure accurate representation of high-energy geometries. The framework integrates automated processes for iterative training, exploration, new configuration selection, and energy and force labeling, while ensuring reproducibility and documentation. We demonstrate ArcaNN's capabilities through a paradigm nucleophilic substitution reaction in solution, showcasing its effectiveness, the uniformly low error of the resulting MLP everywhere along the chemical reaction coordinate, and its potential for broad applications in reactive molecular dynamics. We also provide guidelines on how to assess the quality of a NNP for a reactive system.
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spellingShingle ArcaNN: automated enhanced sampling generation of training sets for chemically reactive machine learning interatomic potentials
David, Rolf
de la Puente, Miguel
Gomez, Axel
Anton, Olaia
Stirnemann, Guillaume
Laage, Damien
Chemical Physics
The emergence of artificial intelligence has profoundly impacted computational chemistry, particularly through machine-learned potentials (MLPs), which offer a balance of accuracy and efficiency in calculating atomic energies and forces to be used in molecular dynamics simulations. These MLPs have significantly advanced molecular dynamics simulations across various applications, including large-scale simulations of materials, interfaces, and chemical reactions. Despite these advances, the construction of training datasets - a critical component for the accuracy of MLPs - has not received proportional attention. This is particularly critical for chemical reactivity which depends on rare barrier-crossing events. Here we address this gap by introducing ArcaNN, a comprehensive framework designed for generating training datasets for reactive MLPs. ArcaNN employs a concurrent learning approach combined with advanced sampling techniques to ensure accurate representation of high-energy geometries. The framework integrates automated processes for iterative training, exploration, new configuration selection, and energy and force labeling, while ensuring reproducibility and documentation. We demonstrate ArcaNN's capabilities through a paradigm nucleophilic substitution reaction in solution, showcasing its effectiveness, the uniformly low error of the resulting MLP everywhere along the chemical reaction coordinate, and its potential for broad applications in reactive molecular dynamics. We also provide guidelines on how to assess the quality of a NNP for a reactive system.
title ArcaNN: automated enhanced sampling generation of training sets for chemically reactive machine learning interatomic potentials
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07751