Integrating Computational and Experimental Workflows for Accelerated Organic Materials Discovery



Greenaway, Rebecca L ORCID: 0000-0003-1541-4399 and Jelfs, Kim E
(2021) Integrating Computational and Experimental Workflows for Accelerated Organic Materials Discovery. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 33 (11). e2004831-.

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Abstract

Organic materials find application in a range of areas, including optoelectronics, sensing, encapsulation, molecular separations, and photocatalysis. The discovery of materials is frustratingly slow however, particularly when contrasted to the vast chemical space of possibilities based on the near limitless options for organic molecular precursors. The difficulty in predicting the material assembly, and consequent properties, of any molecule is another significant roadblock to targeted materials design. There has been significant progress in the development of computational approaches to screen large numbers of materials, for both their structure and properties, helping guide synthetic researchers toward promising materials. In particular, artificial intelligence techniques have the potential to make significant impact in many elements of the discovery process. Alongside this, automation and robotics are increasing the scale and speed with which materials synthesis can be realized. Herein, the focus is on demonstrating the power of integrating computational and experimental materials discovery programmes, including both a summary of key situations where approaches can be combined and a series of case studies that demonstrate recent successes.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: automation, high&#8208, throughput screening, materials discovery, prediction
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 03 Sep 2021 16:18
Last Modified: 18 Jan 2023 21:30
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004831
Open Access URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.2...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3135785