Efficient Multiscale Optoelectronic Prediction for Conjugated Polymers

Jackson, Nicholas E.; Bowen, Alec S.; de Pablo, Juan J.

doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02020

Title: Efficient Multiscale Optoelectronic Prediction for Conjugated Polymers

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Conjugated polymers represent a high-potential material class due to the tunability of their optoelectronic properties via straightforward processing protocols. However, to in silico tailor these optoelectronic properties, one must compute the conformationally dependent electronic structure over mesoscopic length and time scales. This task represents a challenging multiscale computational problem in which quantum chemistry and atomistic or coarse-grained molecular dynamics must be integrated. Recently, we introduced a methodology, called electronic coarse graining (ECG), that utilizes artificial neural networks to compute ab initio quality electronic structures using only the reduced degrees of freedom of coarse-grained models. Here, we adapt ECG to variable-molecular weight conjugated oligomers by casting the problem in the framework of sequence detection. A machine-learning (ML) architecture employing one-dimensional convolutional neural networks and long short-term memory networks is utilized to compute ground-state orbital energies, charge density distributions, and optical spectra solely from the coarse-grained model's configurational degrees of freedom. Robust molecular weight transferability for ECG is established via a A-ML approach that leverages model electronic Hamiltonians for ground and excited-state property determination. The accuracy and transferability of the ECG methodology opens the door for scalable optoelectronic property prediction in conjugated polymers directly from coarse-grained degrees of freedom.

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^[1]; Bowen, Alec S. ^[2];

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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2019

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1601973

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Macromolecules

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 53; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0024-9297

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Electronic structure; Hamiltonians; Electrical properties; Conjugated polymers; Energy

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                    Jackson, Nicholas E., Bowen, Alec S., and de Pablo, Juan J. Efficient Multiscale Optoelectronic Prediction for Conjugated Polymers.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Jackson, Nicholas E., Bowen, Alec S., & de Pablo, Juan J. Efficient Multiscale Optoelectronic Prediction for Conjugated Polymers.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02020

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                    Jackson, Nicholas E., Bowen, Alec S., and de Pablo, Juan J. Thu .  
"Efficient Multiscale Optoelectronic Prediction for Conjugated Polymers".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02020.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1601973.

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  title        = {Efficient Multiscale Optoelectronic Prediction for Conjugated Polymers},

  author       = {Jackson, Nicholas E. and Bowen, Alec S. and de Pablo, Juan J.},

  abstractNote = {Conjugated polymers represent a high-potential material class due to the tunability of their optoelectronic properties via straightforward processing protocols. However, to in silico tailor these optoelectronic properties, one must compute the conformationally dependent electronic structure over mesoscopic length and time scales. This task represents a challenging multiscale computational problem in which quantum chemistry and atomistic or coarse-grained molecular dynamics must be integrated. Recently, we introduced a methodology, called electronic coarse graining (ECG), that utilizes artificial neural networks to compute ab initio quality electronic structures using only the reduced degrees of freedom of coarse-grained models. Here, we adapt ECG to variable-molecular weight conjugated oligomers by casting the problem in the framework of sequence detection. A machine-learning (ML) architecture employing one-dimensional convolutional neural networks and long short-term memory networks is utilized to compute ground-state orbital energies, charge density distributions, and optical spectra solely from the coarse-grained model's configurational degrees of freedom. Robust molecular weight transferability for ECG is established via a A-ML approach that leverages model electronic Hamiltonians for ground and excited-state property determination. The accuracy and transferability of the ECG methodology opens the door for scalable optoelectronic property prediction in conjugated polymers directly from coarse-grained degrees of freedom.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02020},

  journal      = {Macromolecules},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 53,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2019},

  month        = {Thu Dec 19 00:00:00 EST 2019}

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