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Christopher L Hanselman¹, Xiangyu Yin¹, David C Miller²

¹Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.

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A new Python package, MatOpt, simplifies the design of nanostructured materials. It uses mathematical optimization to efficiently explore atomic arrangements, accelerating materials development for scientists.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Computational Materials Science
Optimization

Background:

Advances in synthesis and computational methods accelerate materials development.
Mathematical optimization models can navigate complex atomic arrangement design spaces.
Previous work demonstrated optimization for nanostructured materials design.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify common features of materials optimization problems.
To develop a tool that models these problems using mixed-integer linear optimization.
To facilitate the on-demand design of nanostructured materials.

Main Methods:

Highlighting commonalities in materials optimization problems.
Formalizing design space representation and optimization model formulation.
Developing the MatOpt Python package for mixed-integer linear optimization.

Main Results:

Identification of common features in materials optimization.
Creation of MatOpt, a Python package for nanostructured materials design.
Demonstration of efficient modeling via mixed-integer linear optimization.

Conclusions:

MatOpt bridges the gap between materials science and optimization expertise.
The package lowers barriers to applying numerical optimization in materials development.
Facilitates rigorous, on-demand design of novel nanostructured materials.