Predicting structure zone diagrams for thin film synthesis by generative machine learning

Autor: Yury Lysogorskiy, Alfred Ludwig, Lars Banko, Dennis Naujoks, Dario Grochla, Ralf Drautz
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Communications Materials, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
ISSN: 2662-4443
Popis: Thin films are ubiquitous in modern technology and highly useful in materials discovery and design. For achieving optimal extrinsic properties, their microstructure needs to be controlled in a multi-parameter space, which usually requires too high a number of experiments to map. Here, we propose to master thin film processing microstructure complexity, and to reduce the cost of microstructure design by joining combinatorial experimentation with generative deep learning models to extract synthesis-composition-microstructure relations. A generative machine learning approach using a conditional generative adversarial network predicts structure zone diagrams. We demonstrate that generative models provide a so far unseen level of quality of generated structure zone diagrams that can be applied for the optimization of chemical composition and processing parameters to achieve a desired microstructure. Controlling the microstructure of thin films is vital for tuning their properties. Here, machine learning is applied to obtain synthesis-composition-microstructure relationships in the form of structure zone diagrams for thin films, enabling microstructure prediction.
Databáze: OpenAIRE