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arxiv: 2605.27162 · v2 · pith:3ERZ4UH6new · submitted 2026-05-26 · ❄️ cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Rapid estimation of synthesizability windows of inorganic materials from first principles

Finja Tadge , Javier Sanz Rodrigo , Andrea Crovetto This is my paper

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Machine-learned interatomic potentials enable rapid generation of predominance diagrams that predict synthesizability windows for inorganic materials.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper develops a method to predict the conditions under which inorganic materials can be synthesized by calculating phase predominance diagrams that depend on temperature and the partial pressures of reactant gases. It combines standard density functional theory calculations with machine-learned interatomic potentials to make these diagrams feasible for high-throughput screening. This approach drastically lowers the computational cost compared to using DFT alone while producing results that align well with known experimental synthesis conditions. A key finding is that some materials appearing unstable in standard zero-temperature calculations become thermodynamically stable within specific synthesis windows.

Core claim

By combining density functional theory with machine-learned interatomic potentials, the authors generate phase predominance diagrams as a function of temperature and partial pressures for binary compounds and 48 ternary metal phosphosulfide systems. These diagrams show good agreement with experimental synthesis literature and identify synthesis windows where compounds that are metastable on a zero-temperature stability hull become thermodynamically stable.

What carries the argument

Phase predominance diagrams computed from free energies obtained via a hybrid DFT and machine-learned interatomic potential method, plotted against temperature and partial pressures of gaseous reactants.

If this is right

  • Experimentalists can directly translate the diagrams into lab synthesis parameters for temperature and gas pressures.
  • The method reduces computational cost drastically relative to a full DFT approach.
  • Compounds that appear metastable on zero-temperature stability hulls can be thermodynamically stable under well-defined synthesis windows.
  • The approach applies to binary compounds and scales to ternary systems such as metal phosphosulfides.
  • The diagrams provide a practical bridge between computational stability predictions and experimental realization.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Routine use of such diagrams could shift materials screening workflows to prioritize candidates with accessible synthesis windows rather than zero-temperature stability alone.
  • The method might be extended to quaternary or higher-order systems and to other synthesis variables such as solvent effects.
  • Discrepancies between diagram predictions and experiments could highlight cases where kinetic barriers, rather than thermodynamics, control outcomes.

Load-bearing premise

The machine-learned interatomic potentials accurately capture the thermodynamics at finite temperature and pressure, and that reaching thermodynamic equilibrium is sufficient for experimental synthesizability.

What would settle it

An experimental attempt to synthesize one of the studied compounds under conditions the diagram marks as stable that fails to produce the phase, or success under conditions marked as unstable.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.27162 by Andrea Crovetto, Finja Tadge, Javier Sanz Rodrigo.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Workflow for high-throughput calculation of thermo [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Exemplary phase predominance diagrams constructed for the V-O, Ta-N, Sn-S and Cu-P binary systems based on [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. MLIP calculated values of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Values of ∆ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Phase predominance diagrams constructed for the V-O, Ta-N, Sn-S and Cu-P binary systems based solely on calculated [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Exemplary representations of phase predominance diagrams constructed for the Sn-P-S ternary system. a): Phase [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Exemplary calculated phase predominance diagrams, predicting phase transitions between different polymorphs of the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: FIG. 8. Phase predominance diagram for the Hf-P-S ternary [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_8.png] view at source ↗
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Fast prediction of the synthesizability conditions of materials remains challenging, even assuming synthesis under thermodynamic equilibrium. We combine density functional theory (DFT) with machine-learned interatomic potentials to enable high-throughput generation of phase predominance diagrams as a function of temperature and partial pressures of the gaseous reactants. These diagrams can immediately be used by experimentalists to translate computational predictions into real synthesis parameters in the lab. Predominance diagrams are generated for a diverse set of binary compounds and for 48 more complex ternary metal phosphosulfide systems, but the method is in principle scalable to any inorganic material class. The calculated predominance diagrams generally show good agreement with the experimental synthesis literature, with a drastic reduction in computational cost compared to a full DFT approach. We find several examples of compounds that appear as metastable in a zero-temperature stability hull picture, but that become thermodynamically stable under well-defined synthesis windows.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript presents a hybrid DFT + machine-learned interatomic potential workflow to construct temperature- and partial-pressure-dependent phase predominance diagrams for inorganic compounds. The approach is demonstrated on a set of binary materials and on 48 ternary metal phosphosulfide systems; the resulting diagrams are reported to agree generally with experimental synthesis conditions, to identify cases in which phases that are metastable on the 0 K convex hull become thermodynamically stable inside finite-T/P windows, and to achieve a large reduction in computational cost relative to a pure DFT treatment.

Significance. If the validation of the ML potentials and the mapping from equilibrium diagrams to experimental outcomes hold, the work would provide a practical, high-throughput route for translating first-principles stability predictions into laboratory synthesis parameters. The ability to recover synthesis windows for selected metastable phases and the demonstrated application to 48 ternary systems are notable strengths that could accelerate materials discovery pipelines.

major comments (2)
  1. [Results] Results section: the statement that the diagrams 'generally show good agreement with the experimental synthesis literature' is not accompanied by quantitative metrics (e.g., fraction of systems for which the predicted window overlaps the reported experimental conditions, mean deviation in temperature or pressure, or size and composition of the validation set). Without these numbers it is difficult to judge whether the central claim of predictive utility is supported.
  2. [Methods] Methods section: the accuracy of the machine-learned potentials for the finite-temperature free energies and chemical potentials that enter the predominance diagrams is not benchmarked against DFT or experiment for the specific ternary systems studied. Because this accuracy is load-bearing for the reported stability windows, explicit error bars or cross-validation statistics are required.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract would be strengthened by inclusion of at least one quantitative performance figure (e.g., 'agreement in 42 of 48 systems within 50 K').
  2. Figure captions for the predominance diagrams should explicitly state the reference states and the range of partial pressures examined.

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We thank the referee for the positive evaluation and the constructive comments on validation. We address each major comment below and will revise the manuscript accordingly.

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  1. Referee: [Results] Results section: the statement that the diagrams 'generally show good agreement with the experimental synthesis literature' is not accompanied by quantitative metrics (e.g., fraction of systems for which the predicted window overlaps the reported experimental conditions, mean deviation in temperature or pressure, or size and composition of the validation set). Without these numbers it is difficult to judge whether the central claim of predictive utility is supported.

    Authors: We agree that quantitative metrics are needed to support the claim of agreement. In the revised manuscript we will add a table in the Results section that, for all 48 ternary systems, indicates whether the computed predominance window overlaps the experimental synthesis conditions reported in the literature, together with the overall fraction of systems showing overlap and mean deviations in temperature and pressure where data permit. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Methods] Methods section: the accuracy of the machine-learned potentials for the finite-temperature free energies and chemical potentials that enter the predominance diagrams is not benchmarked against DFT or experiment for the specific ternary systems studied. Because this accuracy is load-bearing for the reported stability windows, explicit error bars or cross-validation statistics are required.

    Authors: We acknowledge that explicit benchmarking of the ML potentials on the ternary systems is required. In the revised Methods section we will report cross-validation statistics (MAE and RMSE) for finite-temperature free energies and chemical potentials on a held-out subset of the ternary compounds, obtained by direct comparison to additional DFT calculations, and will include error bars on the reported stability windows. revision: yes

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full rationale

The derivation relies on standard DFT combined with external machine-learned interatomic potentials to compute predominance diagrams as a function of T and partial pressures, followed by direct comparison to experimental synthesis literature for 48 ternary systems. No load-bearing step reduces by construction to a fitted parameter, self-definition, or self-citation chain; the validation is performed against independent external data rather than internal targets. The method is presented as scalable and cost-reducing without invoking uniqueness theorems or ansatzes from prior author work.

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Abstract-only review provides no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the approach inherits standard assumptions from DFT and ML potential training but does not introduce new ones visible here.

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