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20242026
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16 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

First-Principles Study of Magnetism, Electronic Structure, and Bonding in Nb-Mn-Ge Kagome Compounds

Wei-Shen Tee, Shiya Chen, Weiyi Xia +3

In this work, we systematically investigate the magnetic ground states, electronic structures, and bonding characteristics of the computationally predicted stable NbMn6Ge6, NbMn6Ge…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Emergent Noncollinearity and Near-Degenerate Magnetic Superlattices in AT6X6 Kagome Metals

Weiyi Xia, Wei-Shen Tee, Peter Minch +3

Ferromagnetic AT6X6 Kagome compounds are a popular class of systems in which quantum magnetism with topological features has been observed. These systems allow easy chemical substi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Discovery of novel magnetic Y-Mn-B compounds via advanced machine learning guided framework

Weiyi Xia, Wei Shen Tee, Maxim Moraru +2

Rare-earth transition-metal borides offer critical structural motifs for permanent-magnet design; however, the manganese-rich regions within these compositional phase spaces remain…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Antiferromagnetic Phases in Zr-Fe-Ge Kagome Systems

Peter Minch, Shiya Chen, Weiyi Xia +4

A wide variety of chemical substitutions in ferromagnetic Kagome systems can lead to diverse magnetic phases with electronic structures suitable for topological or quantum material…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

exa-PD: A scalable high-performance workflow for multi-element phase diagram construction

Zhuo Ye, Feng Zhang, Maxim Moraru +4

Exa-PD is a highly parallelizable workflow designed for the construction of multi-element phase diagrams (PDs). It uses standard sampling techniques, molecular dynamics (MD) and Mo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Complex crystal structure prediction using ML-enhanced multi-minima iterative genetic algorithm

Ling Tang, Weiyi Xia, Tyler J. Slade +2

Current machine learning (ML) approaches for materials discovery rely heavily on known structural databases, limiting their ability to identify entirely novel structure types. In t…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

exaPD: A highly parallelizable workflow for multi-element phase diagram (PD) construction

Feng Zhang, Zhuo Ye, Maxim Moraru +4

Phase diagrams (PDs) illustrate the relative stability of competing phases under varying conditions, serving as critical tools for synthesizing complex materials. Reliable phase di…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

exa-AMD: An Exascale-Ready Framework for Accelerating the Discovery and Design of Functional Materials

Weiyi Xia, Maxim Moraru, Ying Wai Li +1

We present exa-AMD, an open-source, high-performance framework designed for accelerated materials discovery on modern supercomputers. exa-AMD overcomes key computational bottleneck…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Accelerated discovery and design of Fe-Co-Zr magnets with tunable magnetic anisotropy through machine learning and parallel computing

Weiyi Xia, Maxim Moraru, Ying Wai Li +3

Rare earth (RE)-free permanent magnets, as alternative substitutes for RE-containing magnets for sustainable energy technologies and modern electronics, have attracted considerable…

cs.DC2025

exa-AMD: A Scalable Workflow for Accelerating AI-Assisted Materials Discovery and Design

Maxim Moraru, Weiyi Xia, Zhuo Ye +4

exa-AMD is a Python-based application designed to accelerate the discovery and design of functional materials by integrating AI/ML tools, materials databases, and quantum mechanica…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Developing a Neural Network Machine Learning Interatomic Potential for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of La-Si-P Systems

Ling Tang, Weiyi Xia, Gayatri Viswanathan +3

While molecular dynamics (MD) is a very useful computational method for atomistic simulations, modeling the interatomic interactions for reliable MD simulations of real materials h…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Search for stable and low-energy Ce-Co-Cu ternary compounds using machine learning

Weiyi Xia, Wei-Shen Tee, Paul Canfield +2

Cerium-based intermetallics have garnered significant research attention as potential new permanent magnets. In this study, we explore the compositional and structural landscape of…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Giant magnetic anisotropy of Pb atoms in 3d-based magnets

Weiyi Xia, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Vladimir Antropov

Electronic structure analysis is performed to study the properties of several Pb-containing 3d-intermetallics. Our study reveals that binary metastable Co3Pb and Fe3Pb intermetalli…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Machine learning accelerated prediction of Ce-based ternary compounds involving antagonistic pairs

Weiyi Xia, Wei-Shen Tee, Paul C. Canfield +6

The discovery of novel quantum materials within ternary phase spaces containing antagonistic pair such as Fe with Bi, Pb, In, and Ag, presents significant challenges yet holds grea…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

LaCoX (X = Pb, Bi, Sb): a demonstration of antagonistic pairs as a route to quasi-low dimensional ternary compounds

Tyler J. Slade, Nao Furukawa, Matthew Dygert +6

We outline how pairs of strongly immiscible elements, referred to here as antagonistic pairs, can be used to synthesize ternary compounds with quasi-reduced dimensional motifs. By…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Coexistence of low and high spin states in LaCoPb

Weiyi Xia, Vladimir Antropov, Yongxin Yao +1

The electronic structure and magnetic properties of a newly predicted stable ternary compound LaCoPb are studied using electronic structure analysis. The ground…