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Published on: May 12, 2023
Deep learning-based recommendation system for metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
Xiaoqi Zhang1, Kevin Maik Jablonka1,2,3, Berend Smit1
1Laboratory of Molecular Simulation (LSMO), Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne(EPFL) Rue de l'Industrie 17 CH-1951 Sion Valais Switzerland berend.smit@epfl.ch.
Abstract:
This work presents a recommendation system for metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) inspired by online content platforms. By leveraging the unsupervised Doc2Vec model trained on document-structured intrinsic MOF characteristics, the model embeds MOFs into a high-dimensional chemical space and suggests a pool of promising materials for specific applications based on user-endorsed MOFs with similarity analysis. This proposed approach significantly reduces the need for exhaustive labeling of every material in the database, focusing instead on a select fraction for in-depth investigation. Ranging from methane storage and carbon capture to quantum properties, this study illustrates the system's adaptability to various applications.
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