A Synthesizability-Guided Pipeline for Materials Discovery
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| author | Prein, Thorben O'Leary, Willis Savvidou, Aikaterini Flessa Bourneix, Elchaïma Laulainen, Joonatan E. M. |
| author_facet | Prein, Thorben O'Leary, Willis Savvidou, Aikaterini Flessa Bourneix, Elchaïma Laulainen, Joonatan E. M. |
| contents | Computational materials discovery relies on the generation of plausible crystal structures. The plausibility is typically judged through density functional theory methods which, while typically accurate at zero Kelvin, often favor low-energy structures that are not experimentally accessible. We develop a combined compositional and structural synthesizability score which provides an accurate way of predicting which compounds can actually be synthesized in a laboratory. We use it to evaluate non-synthesized structures from the Materials Project, GNoME, and Alexandria, and identified several hundred highly synthesizable candidates. We then predict synthesis pathways, conduct corresponding experiments, and characterize the products across 16 targets, successfully synthesizing 7 of 16. The entire experimental process was completed in only three days. Our results highlight omissions in lists of known synthesized structures, deliver insights into the practical utility of current materials databases, and showcase the central role synthesizability prediction can play in materials discovery. |
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| spellingShingle | A Synthesizability-Guided Pipeline for Materials Discovery Prein, Thorben O'Leary, Willis Savvidou, Aikaterini Flessa Bourneix, Elchaïma Laulainen, Joonatan E. M. Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science Materials Science Computational materials discovery relies on the generation of plausible crystal structures. The plausibility is typically judged through density functional theory methods which, while typically accurate at zero Kelvin, often favor low-energy structures that are not experimentally accessible. We develop a combined compositional and structural synthesizability score which provides an accurate way of predicting which compounds can actually be synthesized in a laboratory. We use it to evaluate non-synthesized structures from the Materials Project, GNoME, and Alexandria, and identified several hundred highly synthesizable candidates. We then predict synthesis pathways, conduct corresponding experiments, and characterize the products across 16 targets, successfully synthesizing 7 of 16. The entire experimental process was completed in only three days. Our results highlight omissions in lists of known synthesized structures, deliver insights into the practical utility of current materials databases, and showcase the central role synthesizability prediction can play in materials discovery. |
| title | A Synthesizability-Guided Pipeline for Materials Discovery |
| topic | Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.01790 |