Learning pair potentials using differentiable simulations

<jats:p> Learning pair interactions from experimental or simulation data is of great interest for molecular simulations. We propose a general stochastic method for learning pair interactions from data using differentiable simulations (DiffSim). DiffSim defines a loss function based on structur...

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Main Authors: Wang, Wujie, Wu, Zhenghao, Dietschreit, Johannes CB, Gómez-Bombarelli, Rafael
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/150447
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author Wang, Wujie
Wu, Zhenghao
Dietschreit, Johannes CB
Gómez-Bombarelli, Rafael
author2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
author_facet Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Wang, Wujie
Wu, Zhenghao
Dietschreit, Johannes CB
Gómez-Bombarelli, Rafael
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description <jats:p> Learning pair interactions from experimental or simulation data is of great interest for molecular simulations. We propose a general stochastic method for learning pair interactions from data using differentiable simulations (DiffSim). DiffSim defines a loss function based on structural observables, such as the radial distribution function, through molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The interaction potentials are then learned directly by stochastic gradient descent, using backpropagation to calculate the gradient of the structural loss metric with respect to the interaction potential through the MD simulation. This gradient-based method is flexible and can be configured to simulate and optimize multiple systems simultaneously. For example, it is possible to simultaneously learn potentials for different temperatures or for different compositions. We demonstrate the approach by recovering simple pair potentials, such as Lennard-Jones systems, from radial distribution functions. We find that DiffSim can be used to probe a wider functional space of pair potentials compared with traditional methods like iterative Boltzmann inversion. We show that our methods can be used to simultaneously fit potentials for simulations at different compositions and temperatures to improve the transferability of the learned potentials. </jats:p>
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spelling mit-1721.1/1504472024-01-19T19:05:49Z Learning pair potentials using differentiable simulations Wang, Wujie Wu, Zhenghao Dietschreit, Johannes CB Gómez-Bombarelli, Rafael Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering <jats:p> Learning pair interactions from experimental or simulation data is of great interest for molecular simulations. We propose a general stochastic method for learning pair interactions from data using differentiable simulations (DiffSim). DiffSim defines a loss function based on structural observables, such as the radial distribution function, through molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The interaction potentials are then learned directly by stochastic gradient descent, using backpropagation to calculate the gradient of the structural loss metric with respect to the interaction potential through the MD simulation. This gradient-based method is flexible and can be configured to simulate and optimize multiple systems simultaneously. For example, it is possible to simultaneously learn potentials for different temperatures or for different compositions. We demonstrate the approach by recovering simple pair potentials, such as Lennard-Jones systems, from radial distribution functions. We find that DiffSim can be used to probe a wider functional space of pair potentials compared with traditional methods like iterative Boltzmann inversion. We show that our methods can be used to simultaneously fit potentials for simulations at different compositions and temperatures to improve the transferability of the learned potentials. </jats:p> 2023-04-06T18:25:51Z 2023-04-06T18:25:51Z 2023-01-28 2023-04-06T18:07:58Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/150447 Wang, Wujie, Wu, Zhenghao, Dietschreit, Johannes CB and Gómez-Bombarelli, Rafael. 2023. "Learning pair potentials using differentiable simulations." The Journal of Chemical Physics, 158 (4). en 10.1063/5.0126475 The Journal of Chemical Physics Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf AIP Publishing American Institute of Physics (AIP)
spellingShingle Wang, Wujie
Wu, Zhenghao
Dietschreit, Johannes CB
Gómez-Bombarelli, Rafael
Learning pair potentials using differentiable simulations
title Learning pair potentials using differentiable simulations
title_full Learning pair potentials using differentiable simulations
title_fullStr Learning pair potentials using differentiable simulations
title_full_unstemmed Learning pair potentials using differentiable simulations
title_short Learning pair potentials using differentiable simulations
title_sort learning pair potentials using differentiable simulations
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