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MLstructureMining: a machine learning tool for structure identification from X-ray pair distribution functions.

Emil T S Kjær¹, Andy S Anker¹, Andrea Kirsch¹

¹Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen 2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark kirsten@chem.ku.dk.

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Machine learning models like MLstructureMining can rapidly identify atomic structures from synchrotron X-ray data. This accelerates materials science research by quickly analyzing large datasets, enabling faster materials development.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Crystallography
Machine Learning

Background:

Synchrotron X-ray techniques generate vast amounts of data (up to 1 petabyte/day), posing significant storage and analysis challenges.
Understanding the relationship between synthesis, structure, and properties of materials is crucial for advancements.
Efficient analysis of crystallographic data is essential for accelerating materials development.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a machine learning approach for rapid identification of atomic structure models from pair distribution function (PDF) data.
To demonstrate the effectiveness of the MLstructureMining model on simulated and experimental crystallographic data.
To integrate MLstructureMining with existing methods for analyzing in situ experimental data.

Main Methods:

Development and training of a tree-based machine learning classifier, MLstructureMining.
Classification of chemical structures using pair distribution function (PDF) data.
Application of MLstructureMining to simulated PDFs, experimental nanoparticle PDFs (CoFe2O4, CeO2), and in situ PDF series (Bi2Fe4O9).
Integration with principal component analysis (PCA) and non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) for in situ data analysis.

Main Results:

MLstructureMining achieved a top-3 accuracy of 99% on 6062 unseen simulated PDF classes.
Successful identification of chemical structures from experimental PDFs of nanoparticles.
Demonstrated utility in analyzing in situ PDF data series during material formation.
Enabled real-time structure characterization by screening crystallographic information files rapidly.

Conclusions:

MLstructureMining offers a highly accurate and efficient method for atomic structure identification from PDF data.
The model significantly reduces the time and effort required for analyzing large crystallographic datasets.
MLstructureMining facilitates real-time structure characterization, accelerating materials discovery and development.