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Microsoft Research publishes MatterGen in Nature: AI designs crystals to specification
Microsoft Research published MatterGen, a diffusion model for novel crystal generation, in Nature. The team designed TaCr2O6 to specification, synthesized it, and measured properties within 20% of target. The model trained on 608,000 materials showed 2.9x improvement over prior state-of-the-art.
- MatterGen generates novel crystals with target properties like bulk modulus and conductivity.
- End-to-end validation: designed TaCr2O6, synthesized it, measured bulk modulus 169 GPa (target 200 GPa).
- Trained on 608,000 stable materials; generates 2.9x more stable structures than prior SOTA method.
- Source code released under MIT license for battery, magnet, and fuel cell design research.