Transferable machine learning model for multi-target nanoscale simulations in hydrogen-carbon system from crystal to amorphous

Abstract Carbon materials especially with hydrogenation have attracted wide attention for their novel physical and chemical properties and broad application prospects. A systematic theoretical simulation method accurately describing atomic interactions for hydrogen-carbon systems is crucial for the...

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Main Authors: Weiqi Chen, Zhiyue Xu, Kang Wang, Lei Gao, Aisheng Song, Tianbao Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:npj Computational Materials
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-025-01629-y
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Summary:Abstract Carbon materials especially with hydrogenation have attracted wide attention for their novel physical and chemical properties and broad application prospects. A systematic theoretical simulation method accurately describing atomic interactions for hydrogen-carbon systems is crucial for the design of carbon-based materials and their industrial applications. Multiphases of hydrogenated carbon materials, from crystal to amorphous, with covalent network and diverse chemical reactions bring huge difficulties to construct a general interatomic potential under various conditions. Here, we demonstrate a transferable active machine learning scheme with separated training of sub-feature spaces and target-oriented finetuning, and construct a general-purpose pre-trained machine learning potential (MLP) for hydrogen-carbon systems. The pre-trained MLP is further efficiently transferred to three target spaces of deposition, friction and fracture with scale reliability. This work provides a robust tool for the theoretical research of hydrogen-carbon systems and a general scheme for developing transferable MLPs in multiphase systems across compositional and conditional complexity.
ISSN:2057-3960