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Title: Recent advances in machine learning towards multiscale soft materials design

Journal Article · · Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering
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  1. Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)

The multiscale design of soft materials requires an ensemble of computational techniques spanning quantum-chemistry to molecular dynamics to continuum modeling. The recent emergence of machine-learning (ML) and modern optimization algorithms has accelerated material property prediction, as well as stimulated the development of hybrid ML/molecular modeling methodologies capable of providing physical insights unobtainable from purely physics-based modeling and intuition. Such hybrid techniques also have important ramifications for the ML-enhanced interpretation of results from simulations and experiments alike. Leveraging ML techniques for the design of chemical or morphological structures based on a target property or functionality represents an exciting goal for the general area of soft materials, including polymers, liquid crystals, colloids, or biomolecules, to name a few representative classes of systems. Furthermore, we provide a perspective on recent work using ML techniques of relevance for the multiscale design of soft materials and outline potential future directions of interest to the soft materials community.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division. Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials (MICCoM)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1532508
Journal Information:
Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, Vol. 23, Issue C; ISSN 2211-3398
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 73 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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