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Preparing Silica Aerogel Monoliths via a Rapid Supercritical Extraction Method

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Machine learning-based structure-property predictions in silica aerogels.

Rasul Abdusalamov¹, Prakul Pandit, Barbara Milow

¹Department of Continuum Mechanics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. abdusalamov@km.rwth-aachen.de.

|July 23, 2021

Summary

An artificial neural network (ANN) predicts silica aerogel fractal properties from diffusion-limited cluster-cluster aggregation (DLCA) parameters. This machine learning model accurately reconstructs DLCA structures for desired fractal dimensions, optimizing material design.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Computational Modeling
Machine Learning

Background:

Silica aerogels possess complex structural features effectively modeled by diffusion-limited cluster-cluster aggregation (DLCA).
Traditional methods require generating DLCA structures and then simulating their fractal properties, a computationally intensive process.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an artificial neural network (ANN) for predicting fractal properties of silica aerogels based on DLCA input parameters.
To invert the ANN for predicting DLCA parameters to reconstruct silica aerogel networks with a target fractal dimension.
To address the non-uniqueness issue in reconstructing network structures from fractal dimensions.

Main Methods:

Development of an artificial neural network (ANN) trained on DLCA parameters and corresponding fractal properties.
Inversion of the trained ANN using a guided gradient descent approach to predict DLCA parameters for a desired fractal dimension.
Generation and comparison of DLCA model structures from constrained and unconstrained inversions, including pore-size distribution analysis.

Main Results:

The ANN accurately predicts the fractal dimension of silica aerogels from DLCA parameters with R² = 0.973.
The inverted ANN successfully predicts DLCA input parameters for a target fractal dimension.
Constrained inversion of the ANN predicts DLCA model parameters within a 2% error for a desired fractal dimension, resolving non-uniqueness issues.

Conclusions:

ANNs offer an efficient alternative to direct simulation for predicting and reconstructing silica aerogel fractal properties.
The developed method enables precise control over the reconstruction of DLCA network structures for targeted material characteristics.
The study highlights the potential of machine learning in accelerating materials design and discovery for nanoporous materials.