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ReviewACS physical chemistry Au2024

The Potential of Neural Network Potentials.

Timothy T Duignan

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Review in ACS physical chemistry Au, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Timothy T DuignanQueensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Australia, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3772-8057

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the next half-century, physical chemistry will likely undergo a profound transformation, driven predominantly by the combination of recent advances in quantum chemistry and machine learning (ML). Specifically, equivariant neural network potentials (NNPs) are a breakthrough new tool that are already enabling us to simulate systems at the molecular scale with unprecedented accuracy and speed, relying on nothing but fundamental physical laws. The continued development of this approach will realize Paul Dirac's 80-year-old vision of using quantum mechanics to unify physics with chemistry and providing invaluable tools for understanding materials science, biology, earth sciences, and beyond. The era of highly accurate and efficient first-principles molecular simulations will provide a wealth of training data that can be used to build automated computational methodologies, using tools such as diffusion models, for the design and optimization of systems at the molecular scale. Large language models (LLMs) will also evolve into increasingly indispensable tools for literature review, coding, idea generation, and scientific writing.

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PMID38800721
PMCPMC11117678

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