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ArticleJournal of chemical theory and computation2025

A Universal Augmentation Framework for Long-Range Electrostatics in Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials.

Dongjin Kim, Xiaoyu Wang, Santiago Vargas, Peichen Zhong, Daniel S King, Theo Jaffrelot Inizan, Bingqing Cheng

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Article in Journal of chemical theory and computation, 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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Dongjin KimDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID 0009-0001-6780-245X
Xiaoyu WangDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Santiago VargasChemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1634-0945
Peichen ZhongBakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1921-1628
Daniel S KingBakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Theo Jaffrelot InizanBakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Bingqing ChengDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3584-9632

Funding

Integrating Machine Learning and Atomistic Simulations for Accurate Prediction of Drug Molecular Crystal SolubilityR35GM159986 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Bingqing Cheng · 2025 to 2026
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NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM159986
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Abstract

Most current machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) rely on short-range approximations, without explicit treatment of long-range electrostatics. To address this, we recently developed the Latent Ewald Summation (LES) method, which infers electrostatic interactions, polarization, and Born effective charges (BECs), just by learning from energy and force training data. Here, we present LES as a standalone library, compatible with any short-range MLIP, and demonstrate its integration with methods such as MACE, NequIP, Allegro, CACE, CHGNet, and UMA. We benchmark LES-enhanced models on distinct systems, including bulk water, polar dipeptides, and gold dimer adsorption on defective substrates, and show that LES not only captures correct electrostatics but also improves accuracy. Additionally, we scale LES to large and chemically diverse data by training MACELES-OFF on the SPICE set containing molecules and clusters, making a universal MLIP with electrostatics for organic systems, including biomolecules. MACELES-OFF is more accurate than its short-range counterpart (MACE-OFF) trained on the same data set, predicts dipoles and BECs reliably, and has better descriptions of bulk liquids. By enabling efficient long-range electrostatics without directly training on electrical properties, LES paves the way for electrostatic foundation MLIPs.

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