Domain Switching on the Pareto Front: Multi-Objective Deep Kernel Learning in Automated Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

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Hauptverfasser: Liu, Yu, Pratiush, Utkarsh, Barakati, Kamyar, Funakubo, Hiroshi, Lin, Ching-Che, Kim, Jaegyu, Martin, Lane W., Kalinin, Sergei V.
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author Liu, Yu
Pratiush, Utkarsh
Barakati, Kamyar
Funakubo, Hiroshi
Lin, Ching-Che
Kim, Jaegyu
Martin, Lane W.
Kalinin, Sergei V.
author_facet Liu, Yu
Pratiush, Utkarsh
Barakati, Kamyar
Funakubo, Hiroshi
Lin, Ching-Che
Kim, Jaegyu
Martin, Lane W.
Kalinin, Sergei V.
contents Ferroelectric polarization switching underpins the functional performance of a wide range of materials and devices, yet its dependence on complex local microstructural features renders systematic exploration by manual or grid-based spectroscopic measurements impractical. Here, we introduce a multi-objective kernel-learning workflow that infers the microstructural rules governing switching behavior directly from high-resolution imaging data. Applied to automated piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) experiments, our framework efficiently identifies the key relationships between domain-wall configurations and local switching kinetics, revealing how specific wall geometries and defect distributions modulate polarization reversal. Post-experiment analysis projects abstract reward functions, such as switching ease and domain symmetry, onto physically interpretable descriptors including domain configuration and proximity to boundaries. This enables not only high-throughput active learning, but also mechanistic insight into the microstructural control of switching phenomena. While demonstrated for ferroelectric domain switching, our approach provides a powerful, generalizable tool for navigating complex, non-differentiable design spaces, from structure-property correlations in molecular discovery to combinatorial optimization across diverse imaging modalities.
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spellingShingle Domain Switching on the Pareto Front: Multi-Objective Deep Kernel Learning in Automated Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
Liu, Yu
Pratiush, Utkarsh
Barakati, Kamyar
Funakubo, Hiroshi
Lin, Ching-Che
Kim, Jaegyu
Martin, Lane W.
Kalinin, Sergei V.
Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Ferroelectric polarization switching underpins the functional performance of a wide range of materials and devices, yet its dependence on complex local microstructural features renders systematic exploration by manual or grid-based spectroscopic measurements impractical. Here, we introduce a multi-objective kernel-learning workflow that infers the microstructural rules governing switching behavior directly from high-resolution imaging data. Applied to automated piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) experiments, our framework efficiently identifies the key relationships between domain-wall configurations and local switching kinetics, revealing how specific wall geometries and defect distributions modulate polarization reversal. Post-experiment analysis projects abstract reward functions, such as switching ease and domain symmetry, onto physically interpretable descriptors including domain configuration and proximity to boundaries. This enables not only high-throughput active learning, but also mechanistic insight into the microstructural control of switching phenomena. While demonstrated for ferroelectric domain switching, our approach provides a powerful, generalizable tool for navigating complex, non-differentiable design spaces, from structure-property correlations in molecular discovery to combinatorial optimization across diverse imaging modalities.
title Domain Switching on the Pareto Front: Multi-Objective Deep Kernel Learning in Automated Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
topic Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08073