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Title: Toward autonomous design and synthesis of novel inorganic materials

Abstract

Autonomous experimentation driven by artificial intelligence (AI) provides an exciting opportunity to revolutionize inorganic materials discovery and development. Herein, we review recent progress in the design of self-driving laboratories, including robotics to automate materials synthesis and characterization, in conjunction with AI to interpret experimental outcomes and propose new experimental procedures. We focus on efforts to automate inorganic synthesis through solution-based routes, solid-state reactions, and thin film deposition. In each case, connections are made to relevant work in organic chemistry, where automation is more common. Characterization techniques are primarily discussed in the context of phase identification, as this task is critical to understand what products have formed during synthesis. The application of deep learning to analyze multivariate characterization data and perform phase identification is examined. To achieve “closed-loop” materials synthesis and design, we further provide a detailed overview of optimization algorithms that use active learning to rationally guide experimental iterations. Lastly, we highlight several key opportunities and challenges for the future development of self-driving inorganic materials synthesis platforms.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship; USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1865712
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1784793; OSTI ID: 1828572
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0019212; AC02-05-CH11231; 1752814; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Materials Horizons
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2051-6347
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Szymanski, Nathan J., Zeng, Yan, Huo, Haoyan, Bartel, Christopher J., Kim, Haegyeom, and Ceder, Gerbrand. Toward autonomous design and synthesis of novel inorganic materials. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1039/d1mh00495f.
Szymanski, Nathan J., Zeng, Yan, Huo, Haoyan, Bartel, Christopher J., Kim, Haegyeom, & Ceder, Gerbrand. Toward autonomous design and synthesis of novel inorganic materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1mh00495f
Szymanski, Nathan J., Zeng, Yan, Huo, Haoyan, Bartel, Christopher J., Kim, Haegyeom, and Ceder, Gerbrand. Wed . "Toward autonomous design and synthesis of novel inorganic materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1mh00495f. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1865712.
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abstractNote = {Autonomous experimentation driven by artificial intelligence (AI) provides an exciting opportunity to revolutionize inorganic materials discovery and development. Herein, we review recent progress in the design of self-driving laboratories, including robotics to automate materials synthesis and characterization, in conjunction with AI to interpret experimental outcomes and propose new experimental procedures. We focus on efforts to automate inorganic synthesis through solution-based routes, solid-state reactions, and thin film deposition. In each case, connections are made to relevant work in organic chemistry, where automation is more common. Characterization techniques are primarily discussed in the context of phase identification, as this task is critical to understand what products have formed during synthesis. The application of deep learning to analyze multivariate characterization data and perform phase identification is examined. To achieve “closed-loop” materials synthesis and design, we further provide a detailed overview of optimization algorithms that use active learning to rationally guide experimental iterations. Lastly, we highlight several key opportunities and challenges for the future development of self-driving inorganic materials synthesis platforms.},
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  • Cosby, Monty R.; Mattei, Gerard S.; Wang, Yusu
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 124, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c00067

Text-mined dataset of inorganic materials synthesis recipes
journal, October 2019


Opportunities and challenges of text mining in materials research
journal, March 2021


A universal system for digitization and automatic execution of the chemical synthesis literature
journal, October 2020


Machine-learned and codified synthesis parameters of oxide materials
journal, September 2017


Inside Cover: Synergistic N‐Heterocyclic Carbene/Palladium‐Catalyzed Umpolung 1,4‐Addition of Aryl Iodides to Enals (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2020)
journal, January 2020

  • Yang, Wenjun; Ling, Bo; Hu, Bowen
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 59, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914768

The computational support of scientific discovery
journal, September 2000