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20232026
most citedGeneral-purpose machine-learned potential for 16 elemental metals and their alloys

203 citations · 693 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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30 papers

physics.comp-ph2026

Wisevolve Potential Engine: Machine-Learning Molecular Dynamics at 100 Million Atom-Steps per Second on a Single GPU

Hekai Bu, Zheyong Fan

General-purpose molecular dynamics software supports diverse interatomic potentials and simulation requirements. Within a simulation stage, the loaded potential model and the requi…

cond-mat.soft2026

Structurally Triggered Breakdown of the Phonon Gas Model in Crystalline Metal-Organic Frameworks

Penghua Ying, Ting Liang, Yun Chen +5

While crystalline materials with glass-like thermal conductivity are fundamentally intriguing, structurally triggering the transition from propagating to diffusive heat transport w…

physics.chem-ph2025★ 1 cited

Thermal conductivities of monolayer graphene oxide from machine learning molecular dynamics simulations

Bohan Zhang, Biyuan Liu, Penghua Ying +6

Graphene oxide (GO) exhibits rich chemical heterogeneity that strongly influences its structural, thermal, and mechanical properties, yet quantitatively linking reduction chemistry…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Heat transport in superionic materials via machine-learned molecular dynamics

Wenjiang Zhou, Benrui Tang, Zheyong Fan +3

Precise modeling and understanding of heat transport in the superionic phase are of great interest. Although simulations combining Green-Kubo (GK) molecular dynamics with machine-l…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 4 cited

Anisotropic and isotropic elasticity and thermal transport in monolayer C networks from machine-learning molecular dynamics

Qing Li, Haikuan Dong, Penghua Ying +1

Two-dimensional fullerene networks have recently attracted increasing interest due to their diverse bonding topologies and mechanically robust architectures. In this work, we devel…

physics.comp-ph2025★ 4 cited

Accurate Modeling of Interfacial Thermal Transport in van der Waals Heterostructures via Hybrid Machine Learning and Registry-Dependent Potentials

Wenwu Jiang, Hekai Bu, Ting Liang +4

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit remarkable thermal anisotropy due to their strong intralayer covalent bonding and weak interlayer van der Waals (vdW…

physics.comp-ph2025★ 28 cited

PYSED: A tool for extracting kinetic-energy-weighted phonon dispersion and lifetime from molecular dynamics simulations

Ting Liang, Wenwu Jiang, Ke Xu +4

Machine learning potential-driven molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have significantly enhanced the predictive accuracy of thermal transport properties across diverse materials.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Interface phonon modes governing the ideal limit of thermal transport across diamond/cubic boron nitride interfaces

Xiaonan Wang, Xin Wu, Penghua Ying +2

Understanding the ideal limit of interfacial thermal conductance (ITC) across semiconductor heterointerfaces is crucial for optimizing heat dissipation in practical applications. B…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 1 cited

Optimizing thermoelectric performance of graphene antidot lattices via quantum transport and machine-learning molecular dynamics simulations

Yang Xiao, Yuqi Liu, Zihan Tan Bohan Zhang +5

Thermoelectric materials, which can convert waste heat to electricity or be utilized as solid-state coolers, hold promise for sustainable energy applications. However, optimizing t…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 22 cited

NEP89: Universal neuroevolution potential for inorganic and organic materials across 89 elements

Ting Liang, Ke Xu, Eric Lindgren +16

While machine-learned interatomic potentials offer near-quantum-mechanical accuracy for atomistic simulations, many are material-specific or computationally intensive, limiting the…

physics.comp-ph2025★ 2 cited

Modular hybrid machine learning and physics-based potentials for scalable modeling of van der Waals heterostructures

Hekai Bu, Wenwu Jiang, Penghua Ying +3

Accurately modeling the structural reconstruction and thermodynamic behavior of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures remains a significant challenge due to the limitations of conve…

physics.comp-ph2025★ 17 cited

Probing the ideal limit of interfacial thermal conductance in two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures

Ting Liang, Ke Xu, Penghua Ying +9

Probing the ideal limit of interfacial thermal conductance (ITC) in two-dimensional (2D) heterointerfaces is of paramount importance for assessing heat dissipation in 2D-based nano…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Thermal transport of amorphous hafnia across the glass transition

Zezhu Zeng, Xia Liang, Zheyong Fan +3

Heat transport in glasses across a wide range of temperature is vital for applications in gate dielectrics and heat insulator. However, it remains poorly understood due to the chal…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 33 cited

Advances in modeling complex materials: The rise of neuroevolution potentials

Penghua Ying, Cheng Qian, Rui Zhao +4

Interatomic potentials are essential for driving molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, directly impacting the reliability of predictions regarding the physical and chemical properti…

physics.chem-ph2024★ 25 cited

NEP-MB-pol: A unified machine-learned framework for fast and accurate prediction of water's thermodynamic and transport properties

Ke Xu, Ting Liang, Nan Xu +5

Water's unique hydrogen-bonding network and anomalous properties pose significant challenges for accurately modeling its structural, thermodynamic, and transport behavior across va…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 29 cited

Insight into the effect of force error on the thermal conductivity from machine-learned potentials

Wenjiang Zhou, Nianjie Liang, Xiguang Wu +3

Machine-learned potentials (MLPs) have been extensively used to obtain the lattice thermal conductivity via atomistic simulations. However, the impact of force errors in various ML…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Million-atom heat transport simulations of polycrystalline graphene approaching first-principles accuracy enabled by neuroevolution potential on desktop GPUs

Xiaoye Zhou, Yuqi Liu, Benrui Tang +5

First-principles molecular dynamics simulations of heat transport in systems with large-scale structural features are challenging due to their high computational cost. Here, using…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 16 cited

Phonon coherence and minimum thermal conductivity in disordered superlattice

Xin Wu, Zhang Wu, Ting Liang +4

Phonon coherence elucidates the propagation and interaction of phonon quantum states within superlattice, unveiling the wave-like nature and collective behaviors of phonons. Taking…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 30 cited

Highly efficient path-integral molecular dynamics simulations with GPUMD using neuroevolution potentials: Case studies on thermal properties of materials

Penghua Ying, Wenjiang Zhou, Lucas Svensson +10

Path-integral molecular dynamics (PIMD) simulations are crucial for accurately capturing nuclear quantum effects in materials. However, their computational intensity and reliance o…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 2 cited

Density dependence of thermal conductivity in nanoporous and amorphous carbon with machine-learned molecular dynamics

Yanzhou Wang, Zheyong Fan, Ping Qian +2

Disordered forms of carbon are an important class of materials for applications such as thermal management. However, a comprehensive theoretical understanding of the structural dep…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 2 cited

Lattice distortion leads to glassy thermal transport in crystalline CsBiICl

Zezhu Zeng, Zheyong Fan, Michele Simoncelli +5

The glassy thermal conductivities observed in crystalline inorganic perovskites such as CsBiICl is perplexing and lacking theoretical explanations. Here, we first e…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 5 cited

Solute segregation in polycrystalline aluminum from hybrid Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations with a unified neuroevolution potential

Keke Song, Jiahui Liu, Shunda Chen +3

One of the most effective methods to enhance the strength of aluminum alloys involves modifying grain boundaries (GBs) through solute segregation. However, the fundamental mechanis…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 104 cited

Molecular dynamics simulations of heat transport using machine-learned potentials: A mini review and tutorial on GPUMD with neuroevolution potentials

Haikuan Dong, Yongbo Shi, Penghua Ying +9

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations play an important role in understanding and engineering heat transport properties of complex materials. An essential requirement for reliably pr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 41 cited

Correcting force error-induced underestimation of lattice thermal conductivity in machine learning molecular dynamics

Xiguang Wu, Wenjiang Zhou, Haikuang Dong +5

Machine learned potentials (MLPs) have been widely employed in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study thermal transport. However, literature results indicate that MLPs genera…