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Fast and Sample-Efficient Interatomic Neural Network Potentials for Molecules and Materials Based on Gaussian Moments

, , , and . Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 17 (10): 6658-6670 (2021)PMID: 34585927.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00527

Abstract

Artificial neural networks (NNs) are one of the most frequently used machine learning approaches to construct interatomic potentials and enable efficient large-scale atomistic simulations with almost ab initio accuracy. However, the simultaneous training of NNs on energies and forces, which are a prerequisite for, e.g., molecular dynamics simulations, can be demanding. In this work, we present an improved NN architecture based on the previous GM-NN model Zaverkin V.; Kästner, J. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2020, 16, 5410−5421, which shows an improved prediction accuracy and considerably reduced training times. Moreover, we extend the applicability of Gaussian moment-based interatomic potentials to periodic systems and demonstrate the overall excellent transferability and robustness of the respective models. The fast training by the improved methodology is a prerequisite for training-heavy workflows such as active learning or learning-on-the-fly.

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