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We introduce Materials Design using Tree Search (MDTS), a novel Python library for autonomous complex materials design. MDTS efficiently optimizes material structures without parameter tuning, outperforming existing methods.

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  • Materials Science
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Optimization Algorithms

Background:

  • Complex materials design is a challenging combinatorial optimization problem.
  • Existing methods like evolutionary algorithms require manual parameter tuning.
  • Bayesian optimization struggles with scalability for large problems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel, autonomous algorithm for materials design.
  • To introduce the Materials Design using Tree Search (MDTS) Python library.
  • To demonstrate MDTS's efficiency and scalability compared to existing methods.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) algorithm, inspired by its success in game AI.
  • Developing the MDTS Python library for autonomous materials design.
  • Benchmarking MDTS against Bayesian optimization on complex materials design tasks.

Main Results:

  • MDTS demonstrated competitive search efficiency and superior scalability.
  • The algorithm successfully designed large Silicon-Germanium (Si-Ge) alloy structures.
  • MDTS achieved these results autonomously, without parameter tuning.

Conclusions:

  • MDTS offers an autonomous and efficient approach to complex materials design.
  • The library provides a scalable solution for problems intractable for other methods.
  • MDTS represents a significant advancement in computational materials discovery.