Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials

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Congratulations Sumner and the team on the work about autonomous synthesis of layered materials by PLD published on Small Methods.

See recent story tip on this work:

In this artist’s conception of the process, an automated deposition system places a new material onto a base material (purple beam, right) as the last sample that was made is analyzed and sent to the AI (green beams, brain, left). The AI tells the pulsed laser deposition machine what to do next (data cable, bottom). Credit: Chris Rouleau/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Today, researchers are developing ways to accelerate discovery by combining automated experiments, artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI can influence materials synthesis and conduct associated experiments without human supervision. 

This autonomous materials synthesis tool uses pulsed laser deposition, or PLD, to deposit a thin layer of substance onto a base material. It then employs AI to analyze how the quality of the newly created material relates to the synthesis conditions, such as temperature, pressure and energy emitted during the PLD process. The AI sugge­sts a revised set of conditions that may yield improved quality and then controls the PLD equipment to conduct the next experiment. 

“We built computer control of all processes into the system and incorporated some hardware innovations to enable AI to drive experimentation,” said the study’s leader, Sumner Harris of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at ORNL. “The automation allows us to perform our work 10 times faster, and the AI can understand huge parameter spaces with far fewer samples.” 

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Following are the media pickups for this story tip:

The article is currently (as of 15 June) the lead story in R&D World online: https://www.rdworldonline.com/

06/12/2024 – Meltwater – news – 
Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials
Today News 24 – performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI
https://todaynews24.top/researchers-harness-ai-for-autonomous-discovery-and-optimization-of-materials/  

Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials – MSN

A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratorythat leverages … Credit: Chris Rouleau/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy © Provided by Phys.org.

Media coverage of this ORNL story tip has been excellent:

Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials

https://www.ornl.gov/news/researchers-harness-ai-autonomous-discovery-and-optimization-materials
ORNL’s autonomous system accelerates materials discovery – R&D World

ORNL researchers develop an autonomous materials synthesis tool using AI and automation to accelerate the discovery of novel materials.
Researchers harness AI to influence materials synthesis | Scientific Computing World

Scientific Computing World

Researchers from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US are combining high-performance computing (HPC) artificial intelligence (AI) and …
Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials

ScienceDaily

… ORNL. “The automation allows us to perform our work 10 times faster … DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory. “Researchers harness AI for autonomous …

06/11/2024 – Meltwater – news – International
Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials
World News – performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI
https://article.wn.com/view/2024/06/11/Researchers_harness_AI_for_autonomous_discovery_and_optimiza_h/  

06/11/2024 – Meltwater – news – National
Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials
Newswise – performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI
https://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-harness-ai-for-autonomous-discovery-and-optimization-of-materials/?ad2f=1&aid=812302  

06/11/2024 – Meltwater – news – Trade
Oak Ridge Lab: Researchers Use AI for Autonomous Discovery and Optimization of Materials
InsideHPC – performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI
https://insidehpc.com/2024/06/oak-ridge-lab-researchers-use-ai-for-autonomous-discovery-and-optimization-of-materials/  

06/11/2024 – Meltwater – news – Trade
Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials
Phys.org – performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-harness-ai-autonomous-discovery-optimization.html  

06/11/2024 – Meltwater – news – 
Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials
Techstreet Now – performance computing. A novel tool developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that leverages those technologies has demonstrated that AI
https://www.thetechstreetnow.com/tech/researchers-harness-ai-for-autonomous-discovery-and-optimization-of-materials/12222491476117771378/12222491476117771378/  

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