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American Focus > Blog > Tech and Science > Microsoft just built an AI that designs materials for the future: Here’s how it works
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Microsoft just built an AI that designs materials for the future: Here’s how it works

Last updated: January 16, 2025 9:31 pm
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Microsoft Research has unveiled a groundbreaking AI system called MatterGen that has the potential to revolutionize the way new materials are discovered and developed. This new system aims to accelerate the creation of better batteries, more efficient solar cells, and other critical technologies by generating novel materials with specific desired properties.

Unlike traditional methods that involve screening millions of existing compounds, MatterGen directly generates new materials based on desired characteristics. This approach is similar to how AI image generators create pictures from text descriptions, representing a fundamental shift in materials design.

Tian Xie, principal research manager at Microsoft Research and lead author of the study published in Nature, explained that generative models provide a new paradigm for materials design by creating entirely novel materials based on property constraints. This advancement marks a significant step towards creating a universal generative model for materials design.

MatterGen utilizes a diffusion model, adapted to work with three-dimensional crystal structures, to refine random arrangements of atoms into stable, useful materials that meet specified criteria. The results of this AI system have surpassed previous approaches, with generated materials being more likely to be novel, stable, and physically possible to create.

In collaboration with scientists at China’s Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, MatterGen successfully synthesized a new material, TaCr2O6, designed by the AI system. The real-world material closely matched the predictions made by MatterGen, demonstrating its practical utility.

The flexibility of MatterGen allows it to be fine-tuned to generate materials with specific properties, making it invaluable for designing materials for industrial applications. This could have far-reaching implications for advancing technologies in energy storage, semiconductor design, and carbon capture.

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Microsoft has made MatterGen’s source code available under an open-source license, enabling researchers worldwide to build upon the technology and accelerate its impact across various scientific fields. This initiative is part of Microsoft’s AI for Science program, which aims to accelerate scientific discovery using AI and integrates with the Azure Quantum Elements platform.

While MatterGen represents a significant advance in materials design, experts caution that extensive testing and refinement are still required before practical applications can be realized. Experimental validation is necessary to confirm the system’s predictions before industrial deployment.

Overall, MatterGen signifies a significant step forward in using AI to accelerate scientific discovery. As Daniel ZĂĽgner, a senior researcher on the project, emphasized, this technology has the potential to have a positive, real-world impact, with further developments on the horizon.

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