New method uses Riemannian geometry to describe molecular shapes.
problem Predicting drug-like molecules using shape similarity.
method Riemannian geometry applied to molecular surfaces.
result RGMolSA method captures molecular shape effectively.
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New method uses Riemannian geometry to quantify molecular shapes.
problem Quantifying molecular similarity for drug discovery.
method Riemannian geometry and Kähler quantization (KQMolSA).
result KQMolSA method compares well to existing shape similarity methods.
We introduce a convolutional neural network that operates directly on graphs. These networks allow end-to-end learning of prediction pipelines whose inputs are graphs of arbitrary size and shape. The architecture we present generalizes standard molecular feature extraction methods based on circular fingerprints. We sho…
Chirality Effects in Molecular Chainmailcond-mat.soft
Chirality affects the curvature of molecular networks, influencing their shape and stability.
problem Understanding how chirality influences the curvature of molecular networks.
method Langevin dynamics simulations and constrained gradient optimization of square lattice networks.
result Linking chirality dictates the sign of Gaussian curvature in molecular chainmail networks.
DECAF optimizes molecular graphs for ensemble properties, improving drug design accuracy.
problem Designing molecules with ensemble properties rather than single conformations.
method DECAF uses Boltzmann-expected design with decoupled annealing flows to optimize molecular graphs.
result DECAF optimizes molecular graphs to shift ensemble properties towards targets, improving accuracy over single-conformer methods.
Programming evolution of geometry in shape-morphing sheets via spatiotemporal activationcond-mat.soft
New method allows sheets to morph into multiple shapes via spatially varying stimuli.
problem Limitation of current shape-programmed sheets to achieve only one target geometry.
method Patterning the stimulus itself for spatiotemporal control over local deformation magnitudes.
result A single physical sample can be induced to traverse a continuous family of target geometries.
Neural networks that compute over graph structures are a natural fit for problems in a variety of domains, including natural language (parse trees) and cheminformatics (molecular graphs). However, since the computation graph has a different shape and size for every input, such networks do not directly support batched t…
We study the problem of determining the least symmetric triangle, which arises both from pure geometry and from the study of molecular chirality in chemistry. Using the correspondence between planar -gons and points in the Grassmannian of 2-planes in real -space introduced by Hausmann and Knutson, this correspond…
Free energy of the edge of an open lipid bilayer based on the interactions of its constituent moleculescond-mat.soft
Lipid-bilayers are the fundamental constituents of the walls of most living cells and lipid vesicles, giving them shape and compartment. The formation and growing of pores in a lipid bilayer have attracted considerable attention from an energetic point of view in recent years. Such pores permit targeted delivery of dru…
A new model designs molecular latent vectors for drug discovery.
problem Designing effective molecular descriptors from molecular structures.
method Proposes a denoising diffusion probabilistic model (DDPM) for variational autoencoding molecular graphs.
result Demonstrates superior prediction performance and robustness compared to existing approaches.
MoFlow generates chemically valid molecular graphs from latent representations.
problem Generating chemically valid molecular graphs from latent representations is challenging.
method MoFlow uses a flow-based approach with Glow for bond generation and a novel graph conditional flow for atom generation, ensuring chemical validity and efficiency.
result MoFlow achieves state-of-the-art performance in molecular graph generation and optimization.
Study compares GNNs and classical molecular featurisations for molecular property and cliff prediction.
problem Comparing GNNs and classical featurisations for molecular property and cliff prediction.
method Systematic exploration and comparison of PDVs, ECFPs, and GNNs; introduction of substructure pooling.
result Sort & Slice outperforms hash-based folding in ECFP vectorization.
Molecular generative model based on conditional variational autoencoder for de novo molecular designcs.LG
We propose a molecular generative model based on the conditional variational autoencoder for de novo molecular design. It is specialized to control multiple molecular properties simultaneously by imposing them on a latent space. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate that it can be used to generate drug-like molecules w…
Novel RL approach for molecular design using quantum mechanics.
problem Existing RL methods for molecular design are limited in scope and reward function.
method Formulation in Cartesian coordinates, direct use of quantum mechanics for reward function, translation and rotation invariant state-action space.
result Agent efficiently learns to solve molecular design tasks from scratch.
Generative models are becoming a tool of choice for exploring the molecular space. These models learn on a large training dataset and produce novel molecular structures with similar properties. Generated structures can be utilized for virtual screening or training semi-supervised predictive models in the downstream tas…
Molecular Latent Space Simulatorsphysics.comp-ph
LSS learns molecular trajectories from MD data.
problem Limited integration time steps in MD simulations.
method Three deep learning networks for slow collective variables, dynamics, and configuration reconstruction.
result Generates ultra-long synthetic folding trajectories.
AniDS improves molecular force field modeling by learning anisotropic noise.
problem Molecular force field modeling suffers from oversimplified assumptions about atomic motions.
method AniDS introduces anisotropic noise generation for better modeling of directional and structural variability.
result AniDS outperforms existing methods on benchmarks, achieving significant improvements in force prediction accuracy.
Machine learning models simulate molecular spectra and reactions in solvents.
problem Accurate simulation of molecular spectra and reactions in solvent environments.
method Introduced FieldSchNet, a deep neural network for modeling molecular interactions with external fields.
result Demonstrated significant lowering of Claisen rearrangement reaction activation barrier using FieldSchNet.
BBRT improves molecular properties through iterative translation.
problem Optimizing molecular structures for improved biochemical properties.
method Iterative translation of molecules using a black box approach.
result Improvement in molecular properties with each iteration of the translator.
Framework for training-free guidance in discrete diffusion models for molecular generation.
problem No equivalent training-free guidance methods for discrete diffusion models.
method Framework using guidance functions for discrete data.
result Demonstrated utility on molecular graph generation tasks.
Optimizes molecular generation for chemist preferences.
problem Models lack inherent preferences for chemist-desired structures.
method Fine-tuning with Direct Preference Optimization.
result Approach is simple, efficient, and highly effective.
New RL method designs 3D molecules with improved symmetry.
problem Lack of 3D information in molecular design.
method Symmetry-aware actor-critic architecture using spherical harmonics.
result Improves generalization and molecule quality.
Transferable Generative Models Bridge Femtosecond to Nanosecond Time-Step Molecular Dynamicsphysics.chem-ph
Generative models accelerate molecular dynamics by four orders of magnitude.
problem Femtosecond time steps limit access to slow molecular processes.
method Deep generative modeling framework that accelerates sampling.
result Quantitative characterization of equilibrium ensembles and dynamical relaxation processes.
Develops neural networks for reductive Lie groups, enhancing symmetry respect.
problem Symmetry respect in neural networks for reductive Lie groups.
method General equivariant neural network architecture for any reductive Lie Group G.
result Demonstrates generality and performance in top quark decay tagging and shape recognition.
FlowMO uses Gaussian Processes for molecular property prediction with uncertainty.
problem Predicting molecular properties with uncertainty for small datasets.
method Gaussian Processes implemented in FlowMO, built on GPflow and RDKit.
result Comparable predictive performance to deep learning but superior uncertainty calibration.
Implicit Transfer Operator Learning: Multiple Time-Resolution Surrogates for Molecular Dynamicsphysics.chem-ph
Framework learns surrogates for molecular dynamics across multiple time-scales.
problem Stable molecular dynamics simulations require small time-steps, but long-time-scale moments need repeated simulations.
method Implicit Transfer Operator Learning with denoising diffusion probabilistic models and SE(3) equivariant architecture.
result Models can generate self-consistent stochastic dynamics across multiple time-scales.
Paper improves molecular property prediction using denoising autoencoders.
problem Limited data for molecular property prediction from 3D structures.
method Pre-training via denoising for learning molecular force fields.
result Achieves new state-of-the-art performance on QM9 dataset.
Molecular "fingerprints" encoding structural information are the workhorse of cheminformatics and machine learning in drug discovery applications. However, fingerprint representations necessarily emphasize particular aspects of the molecular structure while ignoring others, rather than allowing the model to make data-d…
Physics-Constrained Predictive Molecular Latent Space Discovery with Graph Scattering Variational Autoencoderphysics.chem-ph
Model predicts stable molecules with AI and physics constraints.
problem Designing stable molecules with limited data.
method Graph Scattering Variational Autoencoder with physical constraints.
result Model generates stable molecules with desired properties.
Researchers use active subspaces to quantify uncertainty in deep generative models for molecular design.
problem Uncertainty quantification in deep generative models for molecular design due to high parameter space.
method Leveraging active subspaces to approximate posterior distribution over low-dimensional parameters.
result The proposed UQ scheme effectively estimates epistemic uncertainty in high-dimensional parameter space without altering model architecture.
Timewarp: Transferable Acceleration of Molecular Dynamics by Learning Time-Coarsened Dynamicsstat.ML
Timewarp accelerates molecular dynamics by learning to simulate long timescales.
problem Efficiently simulating long timescales in molecular dynamics.
method Uses a normalizing flow to learn large time steps in Markov chain Monte Carlo.
result Generalizes to unseen small peptides, accelerating sampling.
Molecule property prediction is a fundamental problem for computer-aided drug discovery and materials science. Quantum-chemical simulations such as density functional theory (DFT) have been widely used for calculating the molecule properties, however, because of the heavy computational cost, it is difficult to search a…
GAGA accelerates 3D molecular generation by replacing long trajectories with Gaussian approximations.
problem High computational cost of long generative trajectories in 3D molecular generation.
method GAGA identifies a characteristic step where molecular data becomes sufficiently Gaussian, replacing the trajectory with a Gaussian approximation.
result Significant improvement in both generation quality and computational efficiency.
Neural network learns from higher-order connections in molecules.
problem Graph neural networks fail to account for local and hidden structures in graphs.
method Developed a neural network that can pass messages and aggregate information across higher-order paths.
result The model improves molecular property prediction.
Molecular structure-property relationships are key to molecular engineering for materials and drug discovery. The rise of deep learning offers a new viable solution to elucidate the structure-property relationships directly from chemical data. Here we show that the performance of graph convolutional networks (GCNs) for…
Graph Polish optimizes molecular structures by minimizing changes and maximizing preservation.
problem Error-prone traditional molecular optimization methods.
method Graph Polish transforms optimization into a polishing task, focusing on optimization centers and minimizing changes.
result Significant advantage over state-of-the-art methods on multiple optimization tasks.
Molecular Dynamics with Neural-Network Potentialsphysics.chem-ph
Molecular dynamics simulations are an important tool for describing the evolution of a chemical system with time. However, these simulations are inherently held back either by the prohibitive cost of accurate electronic structure theory computations or the limited accuracy of classical empirical force fields. Machine l…
ASGN uses active semi-supervised learning to predict molecular properties efficiently.
problem Predicting molecular properties with scarce labeled data and high computational cost.
method ASGN combines a teacher-student framework with active learning to handle joint representation and property learning.
result ASGN achieves remarkable performance in property prediction on public datasets.
We seek to automate the design of molecules based on specific chemical properties. In computational terms, this task involves continuous embedding and generation of molecular graphs. Our primary contribution is the direct realization of molecular graphs, a task previously approached by generating linear SMILES strings …
XIMP improves molecular property prediction by integrating multiple graph representations.
problem Graph neural networks struggle in data-scarce regimes and fail to surpass traditional methods.
method Cross-graph inter-message passing with multiple graph abstractions.
result XIMP outperforms state-of-the-art baselines across diverse molecular property tasks.
RC flow learns molecular kinetics in low dimensions.
problem Discovering interpretable low-dimensional models of molecular kinetics.
method Normalizing flow for coordinate transformation and Brownian dynamics for kinetics approximation.
result Tractable and trainable model of reduced kinetics in continuous time and space.
In this paper, we propose a novel approach for manifold learning that combines the Earthmover's distance (EMD) with the diffusion maps method for dimensionality reduction. We demonstrate the potential benefits of this approach for learning shape spaces of proteins and other flexible macromolecules using a simulated dat…
This paper reviews deep learning and knowledge-based methods for molecular design.
problem Optimizing molecular properties for scientific advances and process performance.
method Survey of deep learning and knowledge-based methods for molecular design.
result Deep learning models show promise in overcoming computational challenges.
Paper proposes a self-training method to generate molecular targets.
problem Challenges in training generative models for complex molecular design.
method Iterative target augmentation using a property predictor and EM iterations.
result Significant gains in molecular design, outperforming previous methods.
Molecular machine learning has been maturing rapidly over the last few years. Improved methods and the presence of larger datasets have enabled machine learning algorithms to make increasingly accurate predictions about molecular properties. However, algorithmic progress has been limited due to the lack of a standard b…
Machine learning predicts molecular crystal stability.
problem Predicting the stability of molecular crystals.
method Supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques to classify and predict lattice energy.
result Data-driven assessment of chemical groups' contribution to crystal stability.
Machine learning and excited-state molecular dynamicsphysics.chem-ph
Machine learning aids excited-state molecular dynamics studies.
problem Challenges in studying electronically excited states of molecules.
method Employing machine learning techniques for excited-state molecular dynamics.
result Highlight successes and challenges in machine learning for excited-state processes.
Great computational effort is invested in generating equilibrium states for molecular systems using, for example, Markov chain Monte Carlo. We present a probabilistic model that generates statistically independent samples for molecules from their graph representations. Our model learns a low-dimensional manifold that p…