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Materials design with target-oriented Bayesian optimization

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Yuan Tian
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Tongtong Li
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Jianbo Pang
周玉美 (Yumei Zhou)
薛德祯 (Dezhen Xue) *
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Xiangdong Ding *
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Turab Lookman *
DOI:10.1038/s41524-025-01704-4delete
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Materials design using Bayesian optimization (BO) typically focuses on optimizing materials properties by estimating the maxima/minima of unknown functions. However, materials often possess good properties at specific values or show effective response under certain conditions. We propose a target-oriented BO to efficiently suggest materials with target-specific properties. The method samples potential candidates by allowing their properties to approach the target value from either above or below, minimizing experimental iterations. We compare the performance of target-oriented BO with that of other BO methods on synthetic functions and materials databases. The average results from hundreds of repeated trials demonstrate target-oriented BO requires fewer experimental iterations to reach the same target, especially when the training dataset is small. We further employ the method to discover a thermally-responsive shape memory alloy Ti0.20Ni0.36Cu0.12Hf0.24Zr0.08 with a transformation temperature difference of only 2.66 °C (0.58% of the range) from the target temperature in 3 experimental iterations. Our method provides a solution tailored for optimizing target-specific properties, facilitating the accelerated development of materials with predefined properties.
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