Chemical reaction networks and opportunities for machine learning

M Wen, EWC Spotte-Smith, SM Blau… - Nature Computational …, 2023 - nature.com
Chemical reaction networks (CRNs), defined by sets of species and possible reactions
between them, are widely used to interrogate chemical systems. To capture increasingly …

Toward a mechanistic model of solid–electrolyte interphase formation and evolution in lithium-ion batteries

EWC Spotte-Smith, RL Kam, D Barter, X Xie… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The formation of passivation films by interfacial reactions, though critical for applications
ranging from advanced alloys to electrochemical energy storage, is often poorly understood …

Elementary decomposition mechanisms of lithium hexafluorophosphate in battery electrolytes and interphases

EWC Spotte-Smith, TB Petrocelli, HD Patel… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrolyte decomposition constitutes an outstanding challenge to long-life Li-ion batteries
(LIBs) as well as emergent energy storage technologies, contributing to protection via solid …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum chemical package Jaguar: A survey of recent developments and unique features

Y Cao, T Balduf, MD Beachy, MC Bennett… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This paper is dedicated to the quantum chemical package Jaguar, which is commercial
software developed and distributed by Schrödinger, Inc. We discuss Jaguar's scientific …

Chemical reaction networks explain gas evolution mechanisms in mg-ion batteries

EWC Spotte-Smith, SM Blau, D Barter… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Out-of-equilibrium electrochemical reaction mechanisms are notoriously difficult to
characterize. However, such reactions are critical for a range of technological applications …

Multi-Time-Scale Simulation of Complex Reactive Mixtures: How Do Polyoxometalates Form?

E Petrus, D Garay-Ruiz, M Reiher… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding the dynamics of reactive mixtures still challenges both experiments and
theory. A relevant example can be found in the chemistry of molecular metal-oxide …

A critical analysis of chemical and electrochemical oxidation mechanisms in Li-ion batteries

EWC Spotte-Smith, S Vijay, TB Petrocelli… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Electrolyte decomposition limits the lifetime of commercial lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and
slows the adoption of next-generation energy storage technologies. A fundamental …

Analytical ab initio hessian from a deep learning potential for transition state optimization

ECY Yuan, A Kumar, X Guan, ED Hermes… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Identifying transition states—saddle points on the potential energy surface connecting
reactant and product minima—is central to predicting kinetic barriers and understanding …

The materials experiment knowledge graph

MJ Statt, BA Rohr, D Guevarra, SK Suram… - Digital …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Materials knowledge is inherently hierarchical. While high-level descriptors such as
composition and structure are valuable for contextualizing materials data, the data must …

Graph to Activation Energy Models Easily Reach Irreducible Errors but Show Limited Transferability

SM Vadaddi, Q Zhao, BM Savoie - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Activation energy characterization of competing reactions is a costly but crucial step for
understanding the kinetic relevance of distinct reaction pathways, product yields, and myriad …