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3 claims from 3 papers

1. Materials Science › Machine Learning in Materials Science

   Representation of compounds for machine-learning prediction of physical properties

   Seko, Hayashi, Nakayama, Takahashi and Tanaka · Physical review. B./Physical review. B · 2017

   The authors generate systematic descriptors from simple elemental and structural information and use them to build machine-learning models of cohesive energy, lattice thermal conductivity and melting temperature.

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   1. UncheckedA kernel ridge model predicted DFT cohesive energies of about 18000 compounds with an error of 0.041 eV/atom, near the 0.043 eV/atom chemical accuracy.“As a result, we obtain a kernel ridge prediction model with a prediction error of 0.041 eV/atom, which is close to the "chemical accuracy" of 1 kcal/mol (0.043 eV/atom).”

2. Materials Science › Machine Learning in Materials Science

   Accelerating Materials Discovery with Bayesian Optimization and Graph Deep Learning

   Zuo, Qin, Chen et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2021

   The authors used Bayesian optimization with a graph deep learning energy model to relax crystal structures without DFT, improving property predictions and leading to two newly synthesized hard materials.

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   1. UncheckedA DFT-free method improved ML property predictions, and from 399,960 candidate borides and carbides two hard materials, MoWC2 and ReWB, were made.“Using this approach to significantly improve the accuracy of ML-predicted formation energies and elastic moduli of hypothetical crystals, two novel ultra-incompressible hard materials MoWC2 (P63/mmc) and ReWB (Pca21) were identified and successfully synthesized via in-situ reactive spark plasma sin…”

3. Materials Science › Machine Learning in Materials Science

   Towards Automated Discovery: A Review of Generative Models, Multimodal Learning and Closed-Loop Workflows in Inverse Materials Design

   Babu, Gouvêa and Rignanese · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026

   A review of generative models, multimodal learning and closed-loop workflows for designing crystalline materials, which proposes a credibility ladder and a minimum reporting standard for claims of discovery.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper says headline validity or S.U.N. rates, reported without its listed disclosures, should be treated as uninformative.“Headline validity or S.U.N. rates without these disclosures should be treated as uninformative.”