Quantum-simulation-informed machine learning of dynamic properties of two-dimensional and layered materials

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Abstract

Two-dimensional and layered transitional metal dichalcogenides are emerging as promising materials for the electronic and optoelectronic devices of tomorrow due to the large space of design variables (such as configuration of dopant atoms, sequence of stacking along the van der Waals direction etc.) that can be used to tune dynamic properties of the material. The primary challenge for rational design of these materials is navigating this complex design space to identify optimal structures and compositions that possess desired properties. In this work, we show that machine-learning methods applied to atomistic data from quantum mechanical simulations are highly suitable for predicting optimal structures with respect to dynamic properties like thermal, charge and spin transport, electron-phonon coupling and non-equilibrium phonon distributions, and propensity for structural and phase transformations.

*This work was supported as part of the Computational Materials Sciences Program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, under Award Number DE-SC0014607. Simulations were performed at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility under the DOE INCITE program and the Center for High Performance Computing of the University of Southern California.

Presenters

  • Lindsay Bassman

    • University of Southern California

Authors

  • Lindsay Bassman

    • University of Southern California
  • Aravind Krishnamoorthy

    • University of Southern California
    • Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California
  • Pankaj Rajak

    • University of Southern California
    • Argonne national laboratory
    • Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, Argonne National Laboratory
    • Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California
  • Fuyuki Shimojo

    • Kumamoto University
  • Rajiv Kalia

    • University of Southern California
    • Physics, University of Southern California
    • Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California
  • Aiichiro Nakano

    • University of Southern California
    • Physics, University of Southern California
    • Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California
  • Priya Vashishta

    • University of Southern California
    • Physics, University of Southern California
    • Collaboratory for Advanced Computing and Simulations, University of Southern California
    • Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California