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20222026
most citedA foundation model for atomistic materials chemistry

249 citations · 255 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

physics.chem-ph2026

Distilling first-principles accuracy into compact machine learning potentials for condensed-phase chemistry

Sijia Chen, Niamh O'Neill, Benjamin X. Shi +1

Accurate machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have made first-principles-quality potential energy surfaces increasingly accessible for condensed-phase chemistry, but the…

physics.chem-ph2026★ 1 cited

How reproducible are first-principles simulations of liquid water?

Niamh ONeill, Benjamin X. Shi, William J. Baldwin +5

Liquid water is fundamentally important, and its accurate computer simulation has been the driving force for myriad methodological developments. Ab initio molecular dynamics with f…

physics.chem-ph2026

From Accurate Quantum Chemistry to Converged Thermodynamics for Ion Pairing in Solution

Niamh O'Neill, Benjamin X. Shi, William C. Witt +6

Quantitative prediction of thermodynamic properties in solution is essential for translating atomistic simulations into reliable chemical insight. As an exemplar system, the behavi…

stat.ML2026

Cutting Through the Noise: On-the-fly Outlier Detection for Robust Training of Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials

Terry C. W. Lam, Niamh O'Neill, Christoph Schran +1

The accuracy of machine learning interatomic potentials suffers from reference data that contains numerical noise. Often originating from unconverged or inconsistent electronic-str…

physics.chem-ph2025

Towards Routine Condensed Phase Simulations with Delta-Learned Coupled Cluster Accuracy: Application to Liquid Water

Niamh O'Neill, Benjamin X. Shi, William Baldwin +5

Simulating liquid water to an accuracy that matches its wealth of available experimental data requires both precise electronic structure methods and reliable sampling of nuclear (q…

physics.chem-ph2024★ 1 cited

Introduction to machine learning potentials for atomistic simulations

Fabian L. Thiemann, Niamh O'Neill, Venkat Kapil +2

Machine learning potentials have revolutionised the field of atomistic simulations in recent years and are becoming a mainstay in the toolbox of computational scientists. This pape…

physics.chem-ph2024★ 249 cited

A foundation model for atomistic materials chemistry

Ilyes Batatia, Philipp Benner, Yuan Chiang +85

Atomistic simulations of matter, especially those that leverage first-principles (ab initio) electronic structure theory, provide a microscopic view of the world, underpinning much…

physics.chem-ph2023

To Pair or not to Pair? Machine-Learned Explicitly-Correlated Electronic Structure for NaCl in Water

Niamh O'Neill, Benjamin X. Shi, Kara Fong +2

The extent of ion pairing in solution is an important phenomenon to rationalise transport and thermodynamic properties of electrolytes. A fundamental measure of this pairing is the…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 4 cited

Crumbling Crystals: On the Dissolution Mechanism of NaCl in Water

Niamh O'Neill, Christoph Schran, Stephen J. Cox +1

Life on Earth depends upon the dissolution of ionic salts in water, particularly NaCl. However, an atomistic scale understanding of the process remains elusive. Simulations lend th…