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Main Authors: Flötotto, Aaron, Spetzler, Benjamin, von Stackelberg, Rose, Ziegler, Martin, Runge, Erich, Dreßler, Christian
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13790
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  • The formation of extended sulfur vacancies in MoS2 monolayers is closely associated with catalytic activity and may also be the basis for its memristive behavior. Nanosecond-scale molecular dynamics simulations using machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) reveal key mechanisms of cooperative vacancy transport, including incorporation of vacancies into clusters of arbitrary size. The simulations provide a coherent atomistic explanation for irradiation-induced vacancy patterns observed experimentally, especially the formation of line defects spanning tens of nanometers. Results and performance are compared of two MLIP frameworks: (i) on-the-fly learning with Gaussian approximation potential, and (ii) fine-tuning of an equivariant foundation model.