A machine learning(ML)potential for Au clusters is developed through training on a dataset including several different sized clusters.This ML potential accurately covers the whole configuration space of Au clusters in...A machine learning(ML)potential for Au clusters is developed through training on a dataset including several different sized clusters.This ML potential accurately covers the whole configuration space of Au clusters in a broad size range,thus expressing a good performance in search of their global minimum energy structures.Based on our potential,the low-lying structures of 17 different sized Au clusters are identified,which shows that small sized Au clusters tend to form planar structures while large ones are more likely to be stereo,revealing the critical size for the two-dimensional(2D)to three-dimensional(3D)structural transition.Our calculations demonstrate that ML is indeed powerful in describing the interaction of Au atoms and provides a new paradigm on accelerating the search of structures.展开更多
基金Computational support was provided by Supercomputing Center in USTC and National Supercomputing Center in Tianjinthe National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2017YFA0204904 and 2019YFA0210004)。
文摘A machine learning(ML)potential for Au clusters is developed through training on a dataset including several different sized clusters.This ML potential accurately covers the whole configuration space of Au clusters in a broad size range,thus expressing a good performance in search of their global minimum energy structures.Based on our potential,the low-lying structures of 17 different sized Au clusters are identified,which shows that small sized Au clusters tend to form planar structures while large ones are more likely to be stereo,revealing the critical size for the two-dimensional(2D)to three-dimensional(3D)structural transition.Our calculations demonstrate that ML is indeed powerful in describing the interaction of Au atoms and provides a new paradigm on accelerating the search of structures.