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20242026
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7 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Six Open Questions in Machine-Learned Interatomic Potential Foundation Models

Isabel Creed, Tim Rein, Ingvars Vitenburgs +21

Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have had a profound impact on molecular modelling in recent years, promising to resolve the long-standing tension between the scale a…

physics.chem-ph2026

Role of anisotropic electronic friction in laser-driven hydrogen recombination on copper

Alexander Spears, Wojciech G. Stark, Reinhard J. Maurer

Ultrafast light-driven chemical dynamics at surfaces are governed by energy transfer from excited electrons to vibrational degrees of freedom. When this nonadiabatic energy transfe…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Fine-tuning foundation models of materials interatomic potentials with frozen transfer learning

Mariia Radova, Wojciech G. Stark, Connor S. Allen +2

Machine-learned interatomic potentials are revolutionising atomistic materials simulations by providing accurate and scalable predictions within the scope covered by the training d…

physics.chem-ph2025

Nonadiabatic reactive scattering of hydrogen on different surface facets of copper

Wojciech G. Stark, Connor L. Box, Matthias Sachs +2

Dissociative chemisorption is a key process in hydrogen-metal surface chemistry, where nonadiabatic effects due to low-lying electron-hole-pair excitations may affect reaction outc…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Machine Learning and Data-Driven Methods in Computational Surface and Interface Science

Lukas Hörmann, Wojciech G. Stark, Reinhard J. Maurer

Nanoscale design of surfaces and interfaces is essential for modern technologies like organic LEDs, batteries, fuel cells, superlubricating surfaces, and heterogeneous catalysis. H…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Room Temperature Hydrogen Atom Scattering Experiments Are Not a Sufficient Benchmark to Validate Electronic Friction Theory

Connor L. Box, Nils Hertl, Wojciech G. Stark +1

In the dynamics of atoms and molecules at metal surfaces, electron-hole pair excitations can play a crucial role. In the case of hyperthermal hydrogen atom scattering, they lead to…