The team discovered four new materials, including a new family of solid-state materials that conduct lithium.
The materials could be critical to developing batteries that offer a longer range and increased safety for electric vehicles.
The AI tool examines the relationships between known materials faster than humans.
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These relationships are used to find and rank combinations of elements that are likely to form new materials.
Those scientists make the final decisions, informed by the information offered by AI.
She was not involved in the Liverpool research.
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Scientists are using databases to predict which compounds might create new and exciting materials.
“Although still in the research and development stages, they show promise,” she said.
“Scientists are using databases to predict which compounds might create new and exciting materials,” he added.
Machine learning and AI are being applied across many fields, including health applications and energy.
Some researchers are trying to use AI as patent robots to monopolize advanced materials.
Pearce recentlywrote a paperdescribing how early patenting of basic building blocks fouled up nanotechnology and slowed its progress.
“This is a real risk in material science,” he added.
