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ArticleNature communications2025

An automated framework for exploring and learning potential-energy surfaces.

Yuanbin Liu, Joe D Morrow, Christina Ertural, Natascia L Fragapane, John L A Gardner, Aakash A Naik, Yuxing Zhou, Janine George, Volker L Deringer

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Yuanbin LiuInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5948-7031
Joe D MorrowInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Christina ErturalMaterials Chemistry Department, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7696-5824
Natascia L FragapaneInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-5707-4005
John L A GardnerInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Aakash A NaikMaterials Chemistry Department, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6071-6786
Yuxing ZhouInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8061-3867
Janine GeorgeMaterials Chemistry Department, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany. janine.george@bam.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8907-0336
Volker L DeringerInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. volker.deringer@chem.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6873-0278

Funding

RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/S023828/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/X035891/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Machine learning has become ubiquitous in materials modelling and now routinely enables large-scale atomistic simulations with quantum-mechanical accuracy. However, developing machine-learned interatomic potentials requires high-quality training data, and the manual generation and curation of such data can be a major bottleneck. Here, we introduce an automated framework for the exploration and fitting of potential-energy surfaces, implemented in an openly available software package that we call autoplex ('automatic potential-landscape explorer'). We discuss design choices, particularly the interoperability with existing software architectures, and the ability for the end user to easily use the computational workflows provided. We show wide-ranging capability demonstrations: for the titanium-oxygen system, SiO

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