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Himanshu, Chakraborty K, Patra TK. Developing efficient deep learning model for predicting copolymer properties. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:25166-25176. [PMID: 37712405 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03100d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Deep learning models are gaining popularity and potency in predicting polymer properties. These models can be built using pre-existing data and are useful for the rapid prediction of polymer properties. However, the performance of a deep learning model is intricately connected to its topology and the volume of training data. There is no facile protocol available to select a deep learning architecture, and there is a lack of a large volume of homogeneous sequence-property data of polymers. These two factors are the primary bottleneck for the efficient development of deep learning models for polymers. Here we assess the severity of these factors and propose strategies to address them. We show that a linear layer-by-layer expansion of a neural network can help in identifying the best neural network topology for a given problem. Moreover, we map the discrete sequence space of a polymer to a continuous one-dimensional latent space using a feature extraction technique to identify minimal data points for training a deep learning model. We implement these approaches for two representative cases of building sequence-property surrogate models, viz., the single-molecule radius of gyration of a copolymer and copolymer compatibilizer. This work demonstrates efficient methods for building deep learning models with minimal data and hyperparameters for predicting sequence-defined properties of polymers.
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- Himanshu
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Atomistic Modeling and Materials Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, TN 600036, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Atomistic Modeling and Materials Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, TN 600036, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Atomistic Modeling and Materials Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, TN 600036, India.
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Lu S, Jayaraman A. Pair-Variational Autoencoders for Linking and Cross-Reconstruction of Characterization Data from Complementary Structural Characterization Techniques. JACS AU 2023; 3:2510-2521. [PMID: 37772182 PMCID: PMC10523369 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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In materials research, structural characterization often requires multiple complementary techniques to obtain a holistic morphological view of a synthesized material. Depending on the availability and accessibility of the different characterization techniques (e.g., scattering, microscopy, spectroscopy), each research facility or academic research lab may have access to high-throughput capability in one technique but face limitations (sample preparation, resolution, access time) with other technique(s). Furthermore, one type of structural characterization data may be easier to interpret than another (e.g., microscopy images are easier to interpret than small-angle scattering profiles). Thus, it is useful to have machine learning models that can be trained on paired structural characterization data from multiple techniques (easy and difficult to interpret, fast and slow in data collection or sample preparation) so that the model can generate one set of characterization data from the other. In this paper we demonstrate one such machine learning workflow, Pair-Variational Autoencoders (PairVAE), that works with data from small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) that present information about bulk morphology and images from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) that present two-dimensional local structural information on the sample. Using paired SAXS and SEM data of newly observed block copolymer assembled morphologies [open access data from Doerk G. S.; et al. Sci. Adv.2023, 9 ( (2), ), eadd3687], we train our PairVAE. After successful training, we demonstrate that the PairVAE can generate SEM images of the block copolymer morphology when it takes as input that sample's corresponding SAXS 2D pattern and vice versa. This method can be extended to other soft material morphologies as well and serves as a valuable tool for easy interpretation of 2D SAXS patterns as well as an engine for generating ensembles of similar microscopy images to create a database for other downstream calculations of structure-property relationships.
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- Shizhao Lu
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United
States
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Lizano A, Tang X. Convolutional neural network-based colloidal self-assembly state classification. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:3450-3457. [PMID: 37129254 DOI: 10.1039/d3sm00139c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Colloidal self-assembly is a viable solution to making advanced metamaterials. While the physicochemical properties of the particles affect the properties of the assembled structures, particle configuration is also a critical determinant factor. Colloidal self-assembly state classification is typically achieved with order parameters, which are aggregate variables normally defined with nontrivial exploration and validation. Here, we present an image-based framework to classify the state of a 2-D colloidal self-assembly system. The framework leverages deep learning algorithms with unsupervised learning for state classification and a supervised learning-based convolutional neural network for state prediction. The neural network models are developed using data from an experimentally validated Brownian dynamics simulation. Our results demonstrate that the proposed approach gives a satisfying performance, comparable and even outperforming the commonly used order parameters in distinguishing void defective states from ordered states. Given the data-based nature of the approach, we anticipate its general applicability and potential automatability to different and complex systems where image or particle coordination acquisition is feasible.
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- Andres Lizano
- Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
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- Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
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de Las Heras D, Zimmermann T, Sammüller F, Hermann S, Schmidt M. Perspective: How to overcome dynamical density functional theory. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2023; 35:271501. [PMID: 37023762 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/accb33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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We argue in favour of developing a comprehensive dynamical theory for rationalizing, predicting, designing, and machine learning nonequilibrium phenomena that occur in soft matter. To give guidance for navigating the theoretical and practical challenges that lie ahead, we discuss and exemplify the limitations of dynamical density functional theory (DDFT). Instead of the implied adiabatic sequence of equilibrium states that this approach provides as a makeshift for the true time evolution, we posit that the pending theoretical tasks lie in developing a systematic understanding of the dynamical functional relationships that govern the genuine nonequilibrium physics. While static density functional theory gives a comprehensive account of the equilibrium properties of many-body systems, we argue that power functional theory is the only present contender to shed similar insights into nonequilibrium dynamics, including the recognition and implementation of exact sum rules that result from the Noether theorem. As a demonstration of the power functional point of view, we consider an idealized steady sedimentation flow of the three-dimensional Lennard-Jones fluid and machine-learn the kinematic map from the mean motion to the internal force field. The trained model is capable of both predicting and designing the steady state dynamics universally for various target density modulations. This demonstrates the significant potential of using such techniques in nonequilibrium many-body physics and overcomes both the conceptual constraints of DDFT as well as the limited availability of its analytical functional approximations.
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- Daniel de Las Heras
- Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Theoretische Physik II, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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Zaplotnik J, Pišljar J, Škarabot M, Ravnik M. Neural networks determination of material elastic constants and structures in nematic complex fluids. Sci Rep 2023; 13:6028. [PMID: 37055564 PMCID: PMC10102156 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33134-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023] Open
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Supervised machine learning and artificial neural network approaches can allow for the determination of selected material parameters or structures from a measurable signal without knowing the exact mathematical relationship between them. Here, we demonstrate that material nematic elastic constants and the initial structural material configuration can be found using sequential neural networks applied to the transmmited time-dependent light intensity through the nematic liquid crystal (NLC) sample under crossed polarizers. Specifically, we simulate multiple times the relaxation of the NLC from a random (qeunched) initial state to the equilibirum for random values of elastic constants and, simultaneously, the transmittance of the sample for monochromatic polarized light. The obtained time-dependent light transmittances and the corresponding elastic constants form a training data set on which the neural network is trained, which allows for the determination of the elastic constants, as well as the initial state of the director. Finally, we demonstrate that the neural network trained on numerically generated examples can also be used to determine elastic constants from experimentally measured data, finding good agreement between experiments and neural network predictions.
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- Jaka Zaplotnik
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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McDonald MN, Zhu Q, Paxton WF, Peterson CK, Tree DR. Active control of equilibrium, near-equilibrium, and far-from-equilibrium colloidal systems. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:1675-1694. [PMID: 36790855 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01447e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The development of top-down active control over bottom-up colloidal assembly processes has the potential to produce materials, surfaces, and objects with applications in a wide range of fields spanning from computing to materials science to biomedical engineering. In this review, we summarize recent progress in the field using a taxonomy based on how active control is used to guide assembly. We find there are three distinct scenarios: (1) navigating kinetic pathways to reach a desirable equilibrium state, (2) the creation of a desirable metastable, kinetically trapped, or kinetically arrested state, and (3) the creation of a desirable far-from-equilibrium state through continuous energy input. We review seminal works within this framework, provide a summary of important application areas, and present a brief introduction to the fundamental concepts of control theory that are necessary for the soft materials community to understand this literature. In addition, we outline current and potential future applications of actively-controlled colloidal systems, and we highlight important open questions and future directions.
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- Mark N McDonald
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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Mao R, O’Leary J, Mesbah A, Mittal J. A Deep Learning Framework Discovers Compositional Order and Self-Assembly Pathways in Binary Colloidal Mixtures. JACS AU 2022; 2:1818-1828. [PMID: 36032540 PMCID: PMC9400045 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Binary colloidal superlattices (BSLs) have demonstrated enormous potential for the design of advanced multifunctional materials that can be synthesized via colloidal self-assembly. However, mechanistic understanding of the three-dimensional self-assembly of BSLs is largely limited due to a lack of tractable strategies for characterizing the many two-component structures that can appear during the self-assembly process. To address this gap, we present a framework for colloidal crystal structure characterization that uses branched graphlet decomposition with deep learning to systematically and quantitatively describe the self-assembly of BSLs at the single-particle level. Branched graphlet decomposition is used to evaluate local structure via high-dimensional neighborhood graphs that quantify both structural order (e.g., body-centered-cubic vs face-centered-cubic) and compositional order (e.g., substitutional defects) of each individual particle. Deep autoencoders are then used to efficiently translate these neighborhood graphs into low-dimensional manifolds from which relationships among neighborhood graphs can be more easily inferred. We demonstrate the framework on in silico systems of DNA-functionalized particles, in which two well-recognized design parameters, particle size ratio and interparticle potential well depth can be adjusted independently. The framework reveals that binary colloidal mixtures with small interparticle size disparities (i.e., A- and B-type particle radius ratios of r A/r B = 0.8 to r A/r B = 0.95) can promote the self-assembly of defect-free BSLs much more effectively than systems of identically sized particles, as nearly defect-free BCC-CsCl, FCC-CuAu, and IrV crystals are observed in the former case. The framework additionally reveals that size-disparate colloidal mixtures can undergo nonclassical nucleation pathways where BSLs evolve from dense amorphous precursors, instead of directly nucleating from dilute solution. These findings illustrate that the presented characterization framework can assist in enhancing mechanistic understanding of the self-assembly of binary colloidal mixtures, which in turn can pave the way for engineering the growth of defect-free BSLs.
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- Runfang Mao
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Artie
McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Wang Y, Deng W, Huang Z, Li S. Descriptor-free unsupervised learning method for local structure identification in particle packings. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:154504. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0088056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Local structure identification is of great importance in many scientific and engineering fields. However, mathematical and supervised learning methods mostly rely on specific descriptors of local structure and can only be applied to particular packing configurations. In this work, we propose an improved unsupervised learning method, which is descriptor-free, for local structure identification in particle packing. The point cloud is used as the input of the improved method, which directly comes from spatial positions of particles and does not rely on specific descriptors. The improved method constructs an autoencoder based on the point cloud network combined with Gaussian mixture models for dimension reduction and clustering. Numerical examples show that the improved method performs well in local structure identification of quasicrystal disk and sphere packings, achieving comparable accuracy with previous methods. For disordered packings which have been considered nearly having no local structures, the improved method identifies a nontrivial 7-neighbor motif in the maximally dense random packing of disks, and finds acentric structural motifs in the random close packing of spheres, which demonstrate the ability on identification of new and unknown local structures. The improved unsupervised learning method would help mining information from massive simulation and experimental results, as well as devising new order parameters for particle packings.
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- Peking University College of Engineering, China
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- Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Peking University, China
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- Jason S. Kahn
- Department of Chemical Engineering Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton NY 11973 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton NY 11973 USA
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Kahn JS, Gang O. Designer Nanomaterials through Programmable Assembly. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202105678. [PMID: 34128306 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202105678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nanoparticles have long been recognized for their unique properties, leading to exciting potential applications across optics, electronics, magnetism, and catalysis. These specific functions often require a designed organization of particles, which includes the type of order as well as placement and relative orientation of particles of the same or different kinds. DNA nanotechnology offers the ability to introduce highly addressable bonds, tailor particle interactions, and control the geometry of bindings motifs. Here, we discuss how developments in structural DNA nanotechnology have enabled greater control over 1D, 2D, and 3D particle organizations through programmable assembly. This Review focuses on how the use of DNA binding between nanocomponents and DNA structural motifs has progressively allowed the rational formation of prescribed particle organizations. We offer insight into how DNA-based motifs and elements can be further developed to control particle organizations and how particles and DNA can be integrated into nanoscale building blocks, so-called "material voxels", to realize designer nanomaterials with desired functions.
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- Jason S Kahn
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.,Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.,Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.,Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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