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ArticleNature communications2025

PET-MAD as a lightweight universal interatomic potential for advanced materials modeling.

Arslan Mazitov, Filippo Bigi, Matthias Kellner, Paolo Pegolo, Davide Tisi, Guillaume Fraux, Sergey Pozdnyakov, Philip Loche, Michele Ceriotti

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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 28 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Arslan Mazitov *Laboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institut des Matériaux, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. arslan.mazitov@epfl.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6549-7324
Filippo Bigi *Laboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institut des Matériaux, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Matthias KellnerLaboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institut des Matériaux, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Paolo PegoloLaboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institut des Matériaux, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1491-8229
Davide TisiLaboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institut des Matériaux, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7229-6101
Guillaume FrauxLaboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institut des Matériaux, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sergey PozdnyakovLaboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institut des Matériaux, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Philip LocheLaboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institut des Matériaux, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9112-0010
Michele CeriottiLaboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institut des Matériaux, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. michele.ceriotti@epfl.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2571-2832

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 101001890-FIAMMASchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 200020 214879Swiss National Science Foundation | National Center of Competence in Research Materials' Revolution: Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (NCRR Materials' Revolution: Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials) 182892
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Machine-learning interatomic potentials have greatly extended the reach of atomic-scale simulations, offering the accuracy of first-principles calculations at a fraction of the cost. Leveraging large quantum mechanical databases and expressive architectures, recent universal models deliver qualitative accuracy across the periodic table but are often biased toward low-energy configurations. We introduce PET-MAD, a generally applicable interatomic potential trained on a dataset combining stable inorganic and organic solids, systematically modified to enhance atomic diversity. Using a moderate but thoroughly consistent level of electronic-structure theory, we assess PET-MAD's accuracy on established benchmarks and advanced simulations of six materials. Despite the small training set and lightweight architecture, PET-MAD is competitive with the state-of-the-art machine-learned interatomic potentials for inorganic solids, while also being reliable for molecules, organic materials, and surfaces. It is stable and fast, enabling the near-quantitative study of thermal and quantum mechanical fluctuations, functional properties, and phase transitions out of the box. It can be efficiently fine-tuned to deliver full quantum mechanical accuracy with a minimal number of targeted calculations.

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PMID41309557
PMCPMC12660877

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