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ArticleNature communications2026

Universal framework for efficient estimation of stability in multi-principal element alloys.

Lin Wang, Bo Shen, Zheng-Da He, Zihao Ye, Yan Zeng, Chad A Mirkin, Bin Ouyang

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Lin Wang *Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-7472-9221
Bo Shen *Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8011-7134
Zheng-Da HeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6864-8389
Zihao YeDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0616-5650
Yan ZengDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Chad A MirkinDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6634-7627
Bin OuyangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA. bouyang@fsu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8181-6815

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Abstract

Predicting the synthetic accessibility of multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) across the global chemical space remains a challenge. In this study, we show that the synthesizability of MPEAs across broad compositional and structural spaces can be predicted using a physical model that expresses the total energy of any MPEA as a linear combination of energies from lower-dimensional subsystems. The model is validated with a large computational dataset and supported by the experimental synthesis of multiple MPEAs, achieving mean absolute errors near or below 7 meV/atom on a density functional theory dataset of 135,791 MPEAs spanning 28 metals and up to ten components. Its accuracy is comparable to state-of-the-art deep learning models while maintaining interpretability through cluster-expansion theory. Moreover, we show that the stability of high-entropy alloys can be predicted using a linear combination of energies from lower-dimensional systems with low errors, indicating a flatter energy landscape at high compositional complexity.

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