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Machine Learning in nanoarchitectonics.
Bogdan V Parakhonskiy1, Junnan Song1, Andre G Skirtach1
1Nano-Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
|May 24, 2025
Summary
This review explores the synergy between nanoarchitectonics and machine learning (ML). ML, including artificial intelligence and deep learning, is crucial for advancing nanoscience, particularly in optimizing material design and fabrication.
Area of Science:
- * Integrates nanoarchitectonics, a field focused on designing and fabricating materials at the nanoscale, with advanced computational techniques.
- * Highlights the interdisciplinary nature of modern scientific discovery, bridging materials science, chemistry, physics, and computer science.
Background:
- * Traces the historical and thematic links between mathematics, nanoscience, and nanoarchitectonics.
- * Acknowledges the foundational role of mathematics in scientific advancement, extending to emerging fields like nanoarchitectonics.
- * Emphasizes that current nanofabricated structures often deviate from initial nano-designs, necessitating advanced analytical tools.
Purpose of the Study:
- * To review the application of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) in nanoarchitectonics.
- * To analyze the use of these computational methods for discovery, prediction, optimization, characterization, and imaging of nanomaterials.
- * To specifically focus on the critical role of ML in nanotechnology for colloids and nanofilms.
Main Methods:
- * Comprehensive review of existing literature on AI, ML, and DL applications in nanoarchitectonics.
- * Analysis of ML's utility across different scales: atomic/molecular sciences, colloids/nanofilms, and micro/macro-technologies.
- * Examination of eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) through the interpretability, time, accuracy, and parameters (ITAP) matrix.
Main Results:
- * Demonstrates the significant impact of ML in accelerating discovery and optimizing processes within nanoarchitectonics.
- * Identifies nanotechnology for colloids and nanofilms as a particularly relevant area for ML application due to design-fabrication discrepancies.
- * Highlights the importance of XAI in understanding and trusting ML-driven decisions in materials science.
Conclusions:
- * Nanoarchitectonics and ML share strong historical and thematic connections, with ML offering powerful tools for nanoscale research.
- * ML, particularly in the context of colloids and nanofilms, is essential for bridging the gap between theoretical designs and actual fabricated nanostructures.
- * The integration of ML with autonomous synthesis holds promise for the future optimization of materials design and fabrication.
