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Frank Leibfarth¹, Johann L Rapp², Dylan M Anstine^2,3

¹Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, USA.

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Summary

This study used human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning to discover high-performance polyurethane elastomers for additive manufacturing, overcoming property trade-offs to achieve superior toughness and strength.

Keywords:

3D printing Elastomer design Human‐in‐the‐loop Machine learning Multi‐objective optimization Polymers Reinforcement learning

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Area of Science:

Polymer Science
Materials Science
Additive Manufacturing

Background:

Developing high-performance elastomers for additive manufacturing faces challenges with property trade-offs.
Conventional material discovery methods struggle with these complex optimizations.

Purpose of the Study:

To discover polyurethane elastomers with improved strength and extensibility using a novel approach.
To overcome pervasive stress-strain property trade-offs in elastomer development.

Main Methods:

Employed a human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning (RL) approach for material discovery.
Utilized a coupled multi-component reward system to guide RL agents.
Iteratively optimized formulations over three rounds, combining RL predictions with human chemical expertise.

Main Results:

Identified elastomers with more than double the average toughness compared to the initial training set.
Discovered twelve materials exhibiting high strength (>10 MPa) and high strain at break (>200%).
Revealed structure-property insights, highlighting benefits of specific oligomer and diol/diisocyanate compositions.

Conclusions:

Machine-guided, human-augmented design accelerates polymer discovery, especially in data-scarce scenarios.
This approach is effective for multi-objective materials optimization in additive manufacturing.
Demonstrated a powerful strategy for developing advanced elastomer materials.