Learning Non-Local Molecular Interactions via Equivariant Local Representations and Charge Equilibration

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Main Authors: Fuchs, Paul, Sanocki, Michał, Zavadlav, Julija
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author Fuchs, Paul
Sanocki, Michał
Zavadlav, Julija
author_facet Fuchs, Paul
Sanocki, Michał
Zavadlav, Julija
contents Graph Neural Network (GNN) potentials relying on chemical locality offer near-quantum mechanical accuracy at significantly reduced computational costs. Message-passing GNNs model interactions beyond their immediate neighborhood by propagating local information between neighboring particles while remaining effectively local. However, locality precludes modeling long-range effects critical to many real-world systems, such as charge transfer, electrostatic interactions, and dispersion effects. In this work, we propose the Charge Equilibration Layer for Long-range Interactions (CELLI) to address the challenge of efficiently modeling non-local interactions. This novel architecture generalizes the classical charge equilibration (Qeq) method to a model-agnostic building block for modern equivariant GNN potentials. Therefore, CELLI extends the capability of GNNs to model long-range interactions while providing high interpretability through explicitly modeled charges. On benchmark systems, CELLI achieves state-of-the-art results for strictly local models. CELLI generalizes to diverse datasets and large structures while providing high computational efficiency and robust predictions.
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spellingShingle Learning Non-Local Molecular Interactions via Equivariant Local Representations and Charge Equilibration
Fuchs, Paul
Sanocki, Michał
Zavadlav, Julija
Chemical Physics
Machine Learning
Computational Physics
Graph Neural Network (GNN) potentials relying on chemical locality offer near-quantum mechanical accuracy at significantly reduced computational costs. Message-passing GNNs model interactions beyond their immediate neighborhood by propagating local information between neighboring particles while remaining effectively local. However, locality precludes modeling long-range effects critical to many real-world systems, such as charge transfer, electrostatic interactions, and dispersion effects. In this work, we propose the Charge Equilibration Layer for Long-range Interactions (CELLI) to address the challenge of efficiently modeling non-local interactions. This novel architecture generalizes the classical charge equilibration (Qeq) method to a model-agnostic building block for modern equivariant GNN potentials. Therefore, CELLI extends the capability of GNNs to model long-range interactions while providing high interpretability through explicitly modeled charges. On benchmark systems, CELLI achieves state-of-the-art results for strictly local models. CELLI generalizes to diverse datasets and large structures while providing high computational efficiency and robust predictions.
title Learning Non-Local Molecular Interactions via Equivariant Local Representations and Charge Equilibration
topic Chemical Physics
Machine Learning
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.19179