ECCOMAS 2024

Artifcial Intelligence in Design of New Nanostructures

  • Burczyński, Tadeusz (IPPT Polish Academy of Science)
  • Kuś, Wacław (Silesian University of Technology)
  • Maźziarz, Marcin (IPPT Polish Academy of Science)
  • Mrozek, Adam (AGH University of Science and Technology)

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The intelligent computing method based on a memetic strategy combining the evolutionary algorithm and the conjugate-gradient optimization technique and molecular model is used to design new potentially 2D nanostructures based on carbon, molybdenum and silicon [1]. The main goal is to find stable arrangements of atoms under certain imposed conditions. The fitness functions are formulated as the total potential energy of an atomic system. The optimized nanostructure is considered as a discrete atomic model based molecular dynamics. Interactions between atoms of carbon, molybdenum and silicon are modeled using the diferent potentials. Validation of the proposed methodology was performed for new 2D graphene-like materials using AIREBO potential [2]. Apart from graphene one of the most prominent 2D material is the Single-Layered Molybdenum Disulfide (SLMoS2), which reveals polymorphism at the nano-level. The paper presents optimization technique which allows to obtain SLMoS2 heterostructures with desired mechanical properties. The behaviour and energy of the atoms is determined by the REAX-FF potential. Examples of such periodic SLMoS2 2H/1T heterostructures are presented [3]. New nanostructures based on silicon are also presented using the presented intelligent methodology and interatomic potentials [4]. Funding: The research is funded within the National Science Centre, Poland, project No. 2021/43/B/ST8/03207. REFERENCES [1] T. Burczyński et al., Intelligent Computing in Optimal Design. Springer, 2020. [2] A. Mrozek, W. Kuś, T. Burczyński, Nano level optimization of graphene allotropes by means of a hybrid parallel evolutionary algorithm. Computational Materials Sci. Vol.106, pp.161-169, 2015. [3] W. Kuś, J. Akhter Mohammed . T. Burczyński. Optimization of monolayer MoS2 with prescribed mechanical properties, Materials, Vol.15, No.8 (2812), pp.1-9, 2022. [4] M. Maździarz,Transferability of interatomic potentials for silicene, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol.14, pp.574-585, 2023.