Accelerating inverse materials design using generative diffusion models with reinforcement learning

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Hauptverfasser: Chen, Junwu, Guo, Jeff, Fako, Edvin, Schwaller, Philippe
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author Chen, Junwu
Guo, Jeff
Fako, Edvin
Schwaller, Philippe
author_facet Chen, Junwu
Guo, Jeff
Fako, Edvin
Schwaller, Philippe
contents Diffusion models promise to accelerate material design by directly generating novel structures with desired properties, but existing approaches typically require expensive and substantial labeled data ($>$10,000) and lack adaptability. Here we present MatInvent, a general and efficient reinforcement learning workflow that optimizes diffusion models for goal-directed crystal generation. For single-objective designs, MatInvent rapidly converges to target values within 60 iterations ($\sim$ 1,000 property evaluations) across electronic, magnetic, mechanical, thermal, and physicochemical properties. Furthermore, MatInvent achieves robust optimization in design tasks with multiple conflicting properties, successfully proposing low-supply-chain-risk magnets and high-$κ$ dielectrics. Compared to state-of-the-art methods, MatInvent exhibits superior generation performance under specified property constraints while dramatically reducing the demand for property computation by up to 378-fold. Compatible with diverse diffusion model architectures and property constraints, MatInvent could offer broad applicability in materials discovery.
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spellingShingle Accelerating inverse materials design using generative diffusion models with reinforcement learning
Chen, Junwu
Guo, Jeff
Fako, Edvin
Schwaller, Philippe
Chemical Physics
Diffusion models promise to accelerate material design by directly generating novel structures with desired properties, but existing approaches typically require expensive and substantial labeled data ($>$10,000) and lack adaptability. Here we present MatInvent, a general and efficient reinforcement learning workflow that optimizes diffusion models for goal-directed crystal generation. For single-objective designs, MatInvent rapidly converges to target values within 60 iterations ($\sim$ 1,000 property evaluations) across electronic, magnetic, mechanical, thermal, and physicochemical properties. Furthermore, MatInvent achieves robust optimization in design tasks with multiple conflicting properties, successfully proposing low-supply-chain-risk magnets and high-$κ$ dielectrics. Compared to state-of-the-art methods, MatInvent exhibits superior generation performance under specified property constraints while dramatically reducing the demand for property computation by up to 378-fold. Compatible with diverse diffusion model architectures and property constraints, MatInvent could offer broad applicability in materials discovery.
title Accelerating inverse materials design using generative diffusion models with reinforcement learning
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.03112