Machine learning interatomic potential for high throughput screening and optimization of high-entropy alloys

2022/01/21 by Anup Pandey, Pandey, Anup, Jonathan Gigax +3 · 2 citations
Engineering · #Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques #Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #High Entropy Alloys Studies #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Metal and Thin Film Mechanics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2201.08906

openalex publication_date 2022/01/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We have developed a machine learning-based interatomic potential (MLIP) for the quaternary MoNbTaW (R4) and quinary MoNbTaTiW (R5) high entropy alloys (HEAs). MLIPs enabled accurate high throughput calculations of elastic and mechanical properties of various non-equimolar R4 and R5 alloys, which are otherwise very time consuming calculations when performed using density functional theory (DFT). We demonstrate that the MLIP predicted properties compare well with the DFT results on various test cases and are consistent with the available experimental data. The MLIPs are also utilized for high throughput optimization of non equimolar R4 candidates by guided iterative tuning of R4 compositions to discover candidate materials with promising hardness-ductility combinations. We also used this approach to study the effect of Ti concentration on the elastic and mechanical properties of R4, by statistically averaging the properties of over 100 random structures. MLIP predicted hardness and bulk modulus of equimolar R4 and R5 HEAs are validated using experimentally measured Vickers hardness and modulus. This approach opens a new avenue for employing MLIPs for HEA candidate optimization.

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