A Machine Learning Approach for Understanding and Discovering Topological Materials
Topological materials are of significant interest for both basic science and next-generation technological applications due to their unconventional electronic properties. The majority of currently-known topological materials have been discovered using methods that involve symmetry-based analysis of...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
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| description | Topological materials are of significant interest for both basic science and next-generation technological applications due to their unconventional electronic properties. The majority of currently-known topological materials have been discovered using methods that involve symmetry-based analysis of the quantum mechanical wavefunction. Here we use machine learning to develop a heuristic chemical rule, which diagnoses whether a material is topological using only its chemical formula. It is based on a notion that we term topogivity, which is a learned numerical value for each element that loosely captures the tendency of an element to form topological materials. Topogivities provide chemical insights for understanding topological materials. We implement a high-throughput procedure for discovering topological materials that are not diagnosable by symmetry indicators. The procedure is based on heuristic rule prediction followed by ab initio validation. The concept of topogivity represents a fundamentally new approach to the study of topological materials, and opens up new directions of research at the intersection of chemistry, machine learning, and band topology. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1439262022-07-22T03:25:04Z A Machine Learning Approach for Understanding and Discovering Topological Materials Ma, Andrew Soljačić, Marin Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Topological materials are of significant interest for both basic science and next-generation technological applications due to their unconventional electronic properties. The majority of currently-known topological materials have been discovered using methods that involve symmetry-based analysis of the quantum mechanical wavefunction. Here we use machine learning to develop a heuristic chemical rule, which diagnoses whether a material is topological using only its chemical formula. It is based on a notion that we term topogivity, which is a learned numerical value for each element that loosely captures the tendency of an element to form topological materials. Topogivities provide chemical insights for understanding topological materials. We implement a high-throughput procedure for discovering topological materials that are not diagnosable by symmetry indicators. The procedure is based on heuristic rule prediction followed by ab initio validation. The concept of topogivity represents a fundamentally new approach to the study of topological materials, and opens up new directions of research at the intersection of chemistry, machine learning, and band topology. S.M. 2022-07-21T15:07:29Z 2022-07-21T15:07:29Z 2021-09 2021-09-21T19:54:11.893Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/143926 In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Copyright MIT http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| title | A Machine Learning Approach for Understanding and Discovering Topological Materials |
| title_full | A Machine Learning Approach for Understanding and Discovering Topological Materials |
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