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SUMMARY:Mapping Synthetic Accessibility in Inorganic Materials Discovery -
  Matthew McDermott\, Newfound Materials\, USA
DTSTART:20251103T143000Z
DTEND:20251103T150000Z
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CONTACT:Isaac Parker
DESCRIPTION:AI-driven crystal structure generation has led to an explosion
  of hypothetical inorganic compounds\, many of which will never be success
 fully synthesized in the lab. In this talk\, I will present a reaction net
 work-based framework for evaluating the synthetic accessibility of inorgan
 ic materials. Rather than relying solely on thermodynamic or heuristic “
 synthesizability” scores\, our approach explicitly models the network of
  possible reactions leading to a target phase and scores pathways based on
  their driving forces\, selectivity\, and practical processing constraints
 \, resulting in a more realistic picture of what can actually be made in t
 he lab. We find that even thermodynamically favorable materials may lack v
 iable synthetic routes under conventional conditions\, but expanding the r
 eaction and process search space can reveal new\, experimentally accessibl
 e pathways. Our framework is implemented into a cloud-based application de
 signed to accelerate synthesis planning and bridge the gap between predict
 ion and realization within the materials research community.
LOCATION:https://zoom.us/j/92447982065?pwd=RkhaYkM5VTZPZ3pYSHptUXlRSkppQT0
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