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most citedReflections from the 2024 Large Language Model (LLM) Hackathon for Applications in Materials Science and Chemistry

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cs.AI2026

Mechanistic Reaction Prediction via Discrete Flow Matching on Graph-Structured Electron Occupation

Nguyen Xuan-Vu, Octavian Susanu, Daniel Armstrong +1

Chemical reactions are fundamentally transformations in electron space, yet most machine learning approaches model them either through de novo generation of product molecules or th…

cs.MA2026

Strategy-first synthesis planning for complex natural products

Daniel Armstrong, Xuan-Vu Nguyen, Octavian Susanu +15

The total synthesis of a complex molecule is among the most demanding intellectual and experimental feats in chemistry: a chemist must plan many steps ahead for how to assemble sim…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

AdsMind: A Physics-Grounded Multi-Agent System for Self-Correcting Discovery of Adsorption Configurations on Heterogeneous Catalyst Surfaces

Zongmin Zhang, Yuyang Lou, Bowen Zhang +6

Identifying the lowest-energy surface-adsorbate configuration is critical for modeling heterogeneous catalysis, yet exhaustive exploration with ab initio calculations is computatio…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

From Knowledge to Action: Outcomes of the 2025 Large Language Model (LLM) Hackathon for Applications in Materials Science and Chemistry

Aritra Roy, Kevin Shen, Andrew MacBride +350

Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly changing how researchers in materials science and chemistry discover, organize, and act on scientific knowledge. This paper analyzes a broa…

cs.LG2026

MiST: Understanding the Role of Mid-Stage Scientific Training in Developing Chemical Reasoning Models

Andres M Bran, Tong Xie, Shai Pranesh +9

Large Language Models can develop reasoning capabilities through online fine-tuning with rule-based rewards. However, recent studies reveal a critical constraint: reinforcement lea…

cs.LG2025★ 1 cited

TempRe: Template generation for single and direct multi-step retrosynthesis

Nguyen Xuan-Vu, Daniel P Armstrong, Zlatko Jončev +1

Retrosynthesis planning remains a central challenge in molecular discovery due to the vast and complex chemical reaction space. While traditional template-based methods offer tract…

cs.LG2024★ 5 cited

Reflections from the 2024 Large Language Model (LLM) Hackathon for Applications in Materials Science and Chemistry

Yoel Zimmermann, Adib Bazgir, Zartashia Afzal +141

Here, we present the outcomes from the second Large Language Model (LLM) Hackathon for Applications in Materials Science and Chemistry, which engaged participants across global hyb…