Applications and Challenges in Computational Materials Development using Atomistic Simulator Matlantis

This is the presentation material for the lecture entitled "Applications and Challenges in Computational Materials Development using Atomistic Simulator Matlantis", delivered by Mr. Nagoya, Senior Manager of Preferred Computational Chemistry, at the nano tech 2024 Special Symposium on February 1, 2024.

The contents include the following:
- Overview of Matlantis: A universal atomistic-level simulator
- Recent applications of Matlantis in corporate research and development.
- Business needs and challenges

Transcript

1. Applications and Challenges in Computational Materials Development using Atomistic Simulator Matlantis 　 1 ・2024 2/1 Thu. 15:00-15:40　 ・Main Theater［East hall 4］ Preferred Computational Chemistry Senior Manager Akihiro Nagoya 【Nano tech 2024 Special Symposium】
 How MI has changed Nanomaterials Development -Current Issues and Future Prospects-

2. self-introduction 2 Profile • Completed Master's program, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University (2007) • Toyota Central R&D Labs. ◦ First-principles calculations: solar cell materials, semiconductor materials, fuel cell catalysts, graphene materials ◦ Classical MD and MI of polymers • ENEOS Corporation (2022) ◦ Matlantis related services • Preferred Computational Chemistry (2023) Akihiro Nagoya Preferred Computational Chemistry (PFCC) Senior Manager, Technical Sales & Customer Success Department
3. Agenda • About us • Matlantis™: High-speed universal atomistic simulator • User Case Study ◦ Matlantis for Elucidation of Complex Phenomena and Screening of Materials (Dr. Onodera, ENEOS) • Challenges and Perspectives 1. useability 2. overseas 3. Difference in scale from experiment • Summary 3
4. PreFerred Computational Chemistry （PFCC） 4
5. 5 The largest petroleum company. Japan’s AI technology leader. • Product：Matlantis™: High-speed universal atomistic simulator About Us Preferred Computational Chemistry Company Name Established 基本情報 Representative Dr. Daisuke Okanohara (CEO) *July 2023 rated 9.4/10 by IDTechEX • Mission “To accelerate materials discovery for a sustainable future. ” June 1st, 2021
6. Matlantis™: High-speed universal atomistic simulator 6
7. Challenges in Materials Science 1 2 3 “To accelerate materials discovery for a sustainable future. ” 1060 of unknown molecules in the chemical space. • Experiment used to be the mainstream but has faced throughput limitation. • Computational Simulation (e.g., DFT) is often too computationally costly to be used in practical situations. • Materials Informatics is a promising data-driven approach; however, “Universality” has always been challenging. Simulation × Deep Learning
8. Materials Informatics https://speakerdeck.com/matlantis/ri-ben-yasasii-materiaruzuinhuomateikusuhenodao-ki-chai-tian-nan otech2023 Mr. Shibata gave a talk at NanoTech 2023 (Speaker Deck)
9. Background Materials Informatics (MI) 9 • The technology to accelerate the discovery and development of new materials using AI. • Avoid the conventional trial-and-error approach without relying on the intuition or experience of researchers. simulator ~10 times/month Experiment ~10 times/month Experiments and calculations → Virtual experiments Thousands of times/month data base deep learning model Calculations → Virtual experiments → Experiment Universal simulator for predicting material properties from atomic configurations In: Atomic positions Out: Energy and Forces MI Matlantis Conventional
10. 製品の特長 10 2,000 years 20M times 72 elements PFN supercomputing cluster Pre-trained AI model: no training data preparation or AI knowledge required Maintenance free: No system/hardware specialist required Applicable to 72 elements and more. Up to 20M times faster than typical DFT simulation. 2,000 GPU years have been spent collecting DFT data sets.
11. Why Matlantis™? 11 DFT Calculation Sim. Simulation Experiment Interpretation ・Blazingly faster than DFT. ・Large-scale model, long physical time. ・Simulation-driven approach; iterative trial & error prior to experiment. ・Dramatically accelerate the material development process. Modeling Modeling Interpretation ~10,000 times Experiment Experiment Experiment Experiment ・Too long calculation time. ・Simplified simulation model and condition. ・Experiment followed by/parallel to simulation. Experiment Experiment
12. Applications 12 Reaction analysis of trimethylaluminum Phase transition in BaTiO3 Catalyst Battery Semiconductor Metal＆Alloy Large scale screening for optimal dopant species Lubricant Ceramics Li diffusion in solid electrolyte Adsorbent Separation Membrane Tribochemical reaction Adsorption energy in MOF Magnetic Materials …
13. 13 Jupyter Lab Environment Customer Support Documents and Sample Programs Universal Neural Network Potential Cloud Computing Resources Our Services Core Technologies Usability
14. Matlantis™ ユーザーの声：Toyota Motor Corporation Highly flexible and easy to apply. Half of users are from experiment team 10 million structures per year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMwllr9v1x4 What took three months in one week
15. Research Transformation by Matlantis™ 15 Previously • Learn their intuition from experimental scientists • Read papers carefully first • Maintain computer in free time https://www.slideshare.net/Matlantis/matl antis30-rula05ce05o175xpfcc20221215 • Run the calculations and show them to experimental scientists • To read the paper carefully… ◦ Create calculation models for a day/week + automate job submission ◦ Automatically analyze the calculation results for a day/week. • No need to maintain the computer Researcher’s time Computer’s time Researcher’s time Computer’s time Comment from Prof. M. Koyama (Shinsyu Univ) during the press releases. “ I've been looking at various methods for almost 20 years, but this is by far the most versatile I've touched. There is nothing but excitement.” https://pc.watch .impress.co.jp/d ocs/news/1336 421.html
16. Scientific Papers 16 Editor’s Highlights on 2 categories + 37 conference presentations https://matlantis.com/cases Lieven Bekaert, et al. 2023 ChemSusChem2023, e202300676 Ayako TAMURA, et al. 2023 J. Comput. Chem. Jpn., 21, 129-133 Kan Hatakeyama, et al. 2023 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-f9lxl Tien Quang Nguyen, et al. 2023 J. Comput. Chem. Jpn., 21, 111–117 Lieven Bekaert,et al. 2023 J. Phys. Chem. C, 18, 8503–8514 Hiroshi Sampei,et al. 2023 JACS Au, 3, 991–996 Yuji Shitara,et al. 2023 Tribologist, 68, 280-291 Yuji Shitara and Shigeyuki Mori 2022 Tribologist, 67, 662-671 Tasuku Onodera 2022 Tribologist, 67, 821-829 Kaoru Hisama,et al. 2022 Comp. Mat. Sci., 218, 111955 So Takamoto, et al. 2022 Nature Comm.,13, 2991 Other publications (as of July 2023)：
17. 17 Customer Calculation Examples
18. Case Study: Material Screening with Matlantis The 3rd Matlantis User Conference Excerpts from materials provided by Dr. Onodera at ENEOS corporation
19. Lubricant additives for improved processability 19 Copyright © ENEOS Corporation All Rights Reserved. Experimental results: processability varies with the type of base oil ⇒ Diffusion and adsorption dynamics of additives in two different base oils metal metal pressure metal metal pressure Isoparaffin x 80 additives Dodecanol x 1 additives Dodecanol x 1 n-Paraffin x 80 base oil lubricant oil with lower friction → Fast adsorption of additives base oil lubricant oil with higher friction → Slow adsorption of additives base oil base oil additives additives Onodera, Tribologist, 67 (2022) 821 / Yamagishi et al, Tribology Conference 2022 Spring, Tokyo, D25 / Shibata et al, Tribology Conference 2022 Fall, Fukui, A23
20. Insights from MD simulations with Matlantis : To reduce frictions, use a base oil which forms a sparse oil film to facilitate additive adsorption "design guideline"! Machine learning based screening using simulation data representing the sparsity of base oil molecules How to find better lubricant oils? 20 Copyright © ENEOS Corporation All Rights Reserved.
21. 21 Copyright © ENEOS Corporation All Rights Reserved. Three candidate compounds that are commercially available. Experimental verification phase! Features (RDF midpoint) Features (RDF inverse slope) • Training data • Predicted Data Available compounds isoparaffin Reference oil ★ Promising compounds ＞10,000 dense sparse dense sparse RDF feature base oil for processing Reference oil A B C middle point 3.74 3.70 3.68 3.50 inverse slope 0.99 0.94 0.96 0.90 available commercially available compounds 
 Promising candidate base oils for improved processability 
 (sparse oil film, fast additive adsorption) 
 Proposal of base oil with low friction
22. 22 Challenges and Prospects
23. Issue 1: Usability 23 Cloud services via a browser are difficult to automate. Python programming is difficult. I want an intuitive GUI. I need immediate support by phone. I can't do it myself, so I want to outsource the simulation. I want a car. Functional Integration between “Advance/NanoLabo“ and "Matlantis" Training programs with SkillUpNext
24. Atomistic Simulation Tutorial • Document: https://docs.matlantis.com/atomistic-simulation-tutorial/en/ • Code: https://github.com/matlantis-pfcc/atomistic-simulation-tutorial　 Table of contents • Chapter1: Introduction • Chapter2: Structural optimization • Chapter3: Energy • Chapter4: Vibration, phonon • Chapter5: Reaction path analysis • Chapter6: Molecular dynamics • Chapter7: Conclusion Learning Materials and Customer Support 24 Expert customer support - Inquiry form - support meetings - Sample programs
25. ChatGPT
26. Issue 2: Overseas Expansion
27. User base of Matlantis 27 • Available Countries and Regions. (As of January 2024) Confidential ▪ Users exist ▪ Ready for providing the service
28. Issue 3: Difficulties in Scale S. G. Louie, Nature Materials, 20, 728 (2021) ps - ns ~ nm DFT MD
29. K. Liu, Automotive Innovation, 5, 2022,121 Experiments Difficulties in Scale: Device Structure of Li-ion Batteries Y. Chen, Journal of Energy Chemistry 59, 2021, 83-99 Materials, Cells, Modules
30. summary • Matlantis™ can dramatically accelerate material discovery and mechanism elucidation of your interest. • Matlantis-driven approach will enable you to perform large scale screening for materials discovery in a realistic time scale. • Matlantis™ will facilitate the DX of your R&D department.
31. PFCC Booth Information 31 East Hall 4, 4T-15