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ArticleJournal of chemical theory and computation2024

Machine Learning Nucleation Collective Variables with Graph Neural Networks.

Florian M Dietrich, Xavier R Advincula, Gianpaolo Gobbo, Michael A Bellucci, Matteo Salvalaglio

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Article in Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Florian M DietrichThomas Young Centre and Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-2383-7298
Xavier R AdvinculaThomas Young Centre and Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, U.K.
Gianpaolo GobboXtalPi Inc., 245 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8294-6152
Michael A BellucciXtalPi Inc., 245 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
Matteo SalvalaglioThomas Young Centre and Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-3371-2090

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficient calculation of nucleation collective variables (CVs) is one of the main limitations to the application of enhanced sampling methods to the investigation of nucleation processes in realistic environments. Here we discuss the development of a graph-based model for the approximation of nucleation CVs that enables orders-of-magnitude gains in computational efficiency in the on-the-fly evaluation of nucleation CVs. By performing simulations on a nucleating colloidal system mimicking a multistep nucleation process from solution, we assess the model's efficiency in both postprocessing and on-the-fly biasing of nucleation trajectories with pulling, umbrella sampling, and metadynamics simulations. Moreover, we probe and discuss the transferability of graph-based models of nucleation CVs across systems using the model of a CV based on sixth-order Steinhardt parameters trained on a colloidal system to drive the nucleation of crystalline copper from its melt. Our approach is general and potentially transferable to more complex systems as well as to different CVs.

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