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Predicting the dissolution kinetics of silicate glasses by topology-informed machine learning

Journal Article · · npj Materials Degradation
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [2]
  1. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); CEA, France
  2. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  3. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); India Inst. of Technology Delhi (India)
  4. Aalborg Univ. (Denmark)
  5. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  6. Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Bagnols-sur-Ceze (France)

Machine learning (ML) regression methods are promising tools to develop models predicting the properties of materials by learning from existing databases. However, although ML models are usually good at interpolating data, they often do not offer reliable extrapolations and can violate the laws of physics. Here, to address the limitations of traditional ML, we introduce a “topology-informed ML” paradigm—wherein some features of the network topology (rather than traditional descriptors) are used as fingerprint for ML models—and apply this method to predict the forward (stage I) dissolution rate of a series of silicate glasses. We demonstrate that relying on a topological description of the atomic network (i) increases the accuracy of the predictions, (ii) enhances the simplicity and interpretability of the predictive models, (iii) reduces the need for large training sets, and (iv) improves the ability of the models to extrapolate predictions far from their training sets. As such, topology-informed ML can overcome the limitations facing traditional ML (e.g., accuracy vs. simplicity tradeoff) and offers a promising route to predict the properties of materials in a robust fashion.

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Performance and Design of Nuclear Waste Forms and Containers (WastePD); Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Cadarache (France)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0016584
OSTI ID:
1667366
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 23138014
Journal Information:
npj Materials Degradation, Journal Name: npj Materials Degradation Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 3; ISSN 2397-2106
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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