Significance of materials informatics and the development of new materials
Significance of materials informatics and the development of new materials
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材料信息学的意义和新材料的发展
DOI:
10.11470/jsaprev.220416
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发表时间:
2022
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Mikiya Fujii
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作者:
竹内康基;加藤俊介;林高史;Mikiya Fujii
In recent years, a field called materials informatics (MI) has attracted attention [1, 2]. MI is an interdisciplinary field of materials science and information science. Machine learning and deep learning technologies are often applied to materials development. They are digital technologies; other digital technologies, such as first-principles calculations and molecular dynamics calculations, have been developed so far, but there are differences between the two groups. The former group emphasizes inductive points, whereas the latter group emphasizes deductive points. The latter group explains specific phenomena by solving natural science governing equations with a computer. In contrast, in machine learning/deep learning, a set of data is prepared, a statistical model representing the characteristics of the data set is estimated, and prediction is performed on other data. Here, I do not believe that the natural scientific governing equations, which are the guiding principles, are necessary for making predictions. Conversely, even for phenomena whose governing equations are not apparent, predictions are made using statistical models from data. Often, these explanations do not fully satisfy the natural scientist. However, there is an advantage that predictability is possible beyond the application of first-principles and molecular dynamics calculations. In this paper, I will review MI, discuss its significance, and introduce examples of recent studies in which the authors’ group has been involved.