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ArticleNature materials2026

Ion correlations explain kinetic selectivity in diffusion-limited solid-state synthesis reactions.

Vir Karan, Max C Gallant, Yuxing Fei, Gerbrand Ceder, Kristin A Persson

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Article in Nature materials, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. An Atomistic Study of Reactivity in Solid-State Electrolyte Interphase Formation for Li/LiThe journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 2025
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5 authors.

Vir KaranMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-2807-4389
Max C GallantMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-4099-6144
Yuxing FeiMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1225-2083
Gerbrand CederMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Kristin A PerssonMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA. kapersson@lbl.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2495-5509

Funding

DOE | SC | Basic Energy Sciences (BES) DE-AC02-05-CH11231
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Establishing viable solid-state synthesis pathways for novel inorganic materials remains a major challenge in materials science. Previous pathway design methods using pairwise reaction approaches have navigated the thermodynamic landscape with first-principles data but lack kinetic information, limiting their effectiveness. This gap leads to suboptimal precursor selection and predictions, especially for reactions forming competing phases with similar formation energies, where ion diffusion is a critical influence. Here we demonstrate an inorganic synthesis framework by incorporating machine learning-derived transport properties through 'liquid-like' product layers into a thermodynamic cellular reaction model. In the Ba-Ti-O system, known for its competitive polymorphism, we obtain accurate predictions of phase formation with varying BaO:TiO

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PMCPMC13421335

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