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ArticleNature communications2025

Evidential deep learning for interatomic potentials.

Han Xu, Taoyong Cui, Chenyu Tang, Jinzhe Ma, Dongzhan Zhou, Yuqiang Li, Xiang Gao, Xingao Gong, Wanli Ouyang, Shufei Zhang and 1 more

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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 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Han Xu *Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2751-9668
Taoyong Cui *Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5532-6636
Chenyu Tang *Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6914-7348
Jinzhe MaShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.
Dongzhan ZhouShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6568-5440
Yuqiang LiShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-6154
Xiang GaoThe State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xingao GongKey Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences (Ministry of Education), Institute of Computational Physical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Wanli OuyangShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9163-2761
Shufei ZhangShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China. zhangshufei@pjlab.org.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4614-4718
Mao SuShanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China. sumao@pjlab.org.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2066-881X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Machine learning interatomic potentials have been widely used to facilitate large-scale molecular simulations with accuracy comparable to ab initio methods. To ensure the reliability of the simulation, the training dataset is iteratively expanded through active learning, where uncertainty serves as a critical indicator for identifying and collecting out-of-distribution data. However, existing uncertainty quantification methods tend to involve either expensive computations or compromise prediction accuracy. Here we show an evidential deep learning framework for interatomic potentials with a physics-inspired design. Our method provides uncertainty quantification without significant computational overhead or decreased prediction accuracy, consistently outperforming other methods across a variety of datasets. Furthermore, we demonstrate applications in exploring diverse atomic configurations, using examples including water and universal potentials. These results highlight the potential of our method as a robust and efficient alternative for uncertainty quantification in molecular simulations.

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