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Accelerating the phase identification of multiphase mixtures with deep learning

Researchers develop a deep learning model that can detect a previously unknown quasicrystalline phase present in multiphase crystalline samples

Accelerating the phase identification of multiphase mixtures with deep learning
2023-11-17
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Crystalline materials are made up of atoms, ions, or molecules arranged in an ordered, three-dimensional structure. They are widely used for the development of semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, photovoltaics, and catalysts. The type of structures that fall into the category of crystalline materials continues to expand as scientists design novel materials to address emerging challenges pertaining to energy storage, carbon capture, and advanced electronics.

However, the development of such materials necessitates precise ways of identifying them. Currently, powder X-ray diffraction is widely used for this purpose. It identifies the structure of crystalline materials by examining scattered X-rays from a powdered sample. However, the task of identification becomes quite complex when dealing with multiphase samples containing different types of crystals with distinct structures, orientations, or compositions. In such cases, the accurate identification of the various phases present in the sample relies on the expertise of scientists, making the process time-consuming. To expedite this process, innovative data-driven methods, such as machine learning, have been used for distinguishing individual phases within multiphase samples. While substantial progress has been made in utilizing them for collecting information about known phases, the identification of unknown phases in multiphase samples still remains a challenge.

Now, however, researchers have proposed a new machine learning “binary classifier” model that can identify the presence of icosahedral quasicrystal (i-QC) phases—a kind of long-range ordered solids that have self-similarity in their diffraction patterns—from multiphase powder X-ray diffraction patterns. This study involved collaboration among Tokyo University of Science (TUS), National Defense Academy, National Institute for Materials Science, Tohoku University, and The Institute of Statistical Mathematics. It was led by Junior Associate Professor Tsunetomo Yamada from TUS, Japan, and was published in the Advanced Science journal on 14 November 2023.

“Across the world, researchers have made attempts to predict new substances using artificial intelligence and machine learning. However, identifying whether a desired substance is produced takes up substantial time and effort on the part of human experts. Therefore, we came up with the idea of using deep learning to identify new phases,” explains Dr. Yamada.

For developing the said model, the researchers first created a “binary classifier” using 80 types of convolutional neural networks. They next trained the classifier model using synthetic multiphase X-ray diffraction patterns, which were designed as representations of the expected patterns associated with i-QC phases. Following the training phase, the model’s performance was assessed using both synthetic patterns and a database of actual patterns.

Quite interestingly, the model achieved a prediction accuracy of over 92%. It also successfully identified an unknown i-QC phase within multiphase Al–Si–Ru alloys when used for screening 440 measured diffraction patterns from unknown materials in six different alloy systems. The presence of the unknown i-QC phase was further confirmed on analyzing the microstructure and composition of the material using transmission electron microscopy.

Notably, the proposed deep learning method has the ability to identify the i-QC phase even when it is not the most prominent component in the mixture. Moreover, this model can be used for the identification of new decagonal and dodecagonal QCs and can be extended to various types of other crystalline materials as well.

“With the proposed model, we were able to detect unknown quasicrystalline phases present in multiphase samples with high accuracy. The accuracy of this deep learning model thus points to the possibility of accelerating the process of phase identification of multiphase samples,” concludes Dr. Yamada on an optimistic note. Moreover, Dr. Yamada and his team are confident that this model will lead to a breakthrough in the field of materials science.

In summary, this study is a significant step forward in the identification of entirely new phases in quasicrystals commonly found in materials such as mesoporous silica, minerals, alloys, and liquid crystals.

We surely wish that this model opens up avenues for the discovery of interesting new materials in the future!

 

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Reference                    

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304546

 

Authors:                       

Hirotaka Uryu1, Tsunetomo Yamada1, Koichi Kitahara2,3, Alok Singh4, Yutaka Iwasaki5, Kaoru Kimura5, Kanta Hiroki1, Naoki Miyao6, Asuka Ishikawa7, Ryuji Tamura6, Satoshi Ohhashi8, Chang Liu9, and Ryo Yoshida9,10

 

Affiliations:     

1Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science

2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Defense Academy

3Department of Advanced Materials Science, The University of Tokyo

4Electron Microscopy Analysis Station, Structural Materials Microstructure Evaluation Group, National Institute for Materials Science

5Thermal Energy Materials Group, Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science

6Department of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science

7Research Institute of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan

8Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University

9The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Research Organization of Information and Systems

10Department of Statistical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

 

Funding information
This work was supported in part by an MEXT KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Grant Numbers 19H05818 and 19H05820), JST CREST Grant (Grant Number JPMJCR22O3), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (Grant Number 19H01132) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and JST CREST Grant (Grant Number JPMJCR19I3).

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[Press-News.org] Accelerating the phase identification of multiphase mixtures with deep learning
Researchers develop a deep learning model that can detect a previously unknown quasicrystalline phase present in multiphase crystalline samples