https://matgl.ai

MatGL (Materials Graph Library) is a graph deep learning library for materials science. Mathematical graphs are a natural representation for a collection of atoms. Graph deep learning models have been shown to consistently deliver exceptional performance as surrogate models for the prediction of materials properties.

MatGL is built on the Deep Graph Library (DGL) and PyTorch, with suitable adaptations for materials-specific applications. The goal is for MatGL to serve as an extensible platform to develop and share materials graph deep learning models, including the MatErials 3-body Graph Network (M3GNet) and its predecessor, MEGNet.

This effort is a collaboration between the Materials Virtual Lab and Intel Labs (Santiago Miret, Marcel Nassar, Carmelo Gonzales).

Major milestones are summarized below. Please refer to the changelog for details.

• v1.1.0 (May 7 2024): Implementation of CHGNet + pre-trained models.
• v1.0.0 (Feb 14 2024): Implementation of TensorNet and SO3Net.
• v0.5.1 (Jun 9 2023): Model versioning implemented.
• v0.5.0 (Jun 8 2023): Simplified saving and loading of models. Now models can be loaded with one line of code!
• v0.4.0 (Jun 7 2023): Near feature parity with original TF implementations. Re-trained M3Gnet universal potential now available.
• v0.1.0 (Feb 16 2023): Initial implementations of M3GNet and MEGNet architectures have been completed. Expect bugs!

Here, we summarize the currently implemented architectures in MatGL. It should be stressed that this is by no means an exhaustive list, and we expect new architectures to be added by the core MatGL team as well as other contributors in future.

Figure: Schematic of M3GNet/MEGNet

Materials 3-body Graph Network (M3GNet) is a new materials graph neural network architecture that incorporates 3-body interactions in MEGNet. An additional difference is the addition of the coordinates for atoms and the 3×3 lattice matrix in crystals, which are necessary for obtaining tensorial quantities such as forces and stresses via auto-differentiation. As a framework, M3GNet has diverse applications, including:

• Interatomic potential development. With the same training data, M3GNet performs similarly to state-of-the-art machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs). However, a key feature of a graph representation is its flexibility to scale to diverse chemical spaces. One of the key accomplishments of M3GNet is the development of a universal IP that can work across the entire periodic table of the elements by training on relaxations performed in the Materials Project.
• Surrogate models for property predictions. Like the previous MEGNet architecture, M3GNet can be used to develop surrogate models for property predictions, achieving in many cases accuracies that are better or similar to other state-of-the-art ML models.

For detailed performance benchmarks, please refer to the publications in the References section.

MatGL reimplemennts M3GNet using DGL and Pytorch. Compared to the original Tensorflow implementation, some key improvements over the TF implementations are:

• A more intuitive API and class structure based on DGL.
• Multi-GPU support via PyTorch Lightning.

MatErials Graph Network (MEGNet) is an implementation of DeepMind's graph networks for machine learning in materials science. We have demonstrated its success in achieving low prediction errors in a broad array of properties in both molecules and crystals. New releases have included our recent work on multi-fidelity materials property modeling. Figure 1 shows the sequential update steps of the graph network, whereby bonds, atoms, and global state attributes are updated using information from each other, generating an output graph.

We have implemented other models in matgl as well. A non-exhaustive list is given below.

• TensorNet, an O(3)-equivariant message-passing neural network architecture that leverages Cartesian tensor representations.
• SO3Net, a minimalist SO(3)-equivariant neural network.
• CHGNet, an invariant message-passing neural network architecture that can predict PES properties and magmoms.

Matgl can be installed via pip for the latest stable version:

pip install matgl

For the latest dev version, please clone this repo and install using:

pip install -e .

If you intend to use CUDA (GPU) to speed up training, it is important to install the appropriate versions of PyTorch and DGL. The basic instructions are given below, but it is recommended that you consult the PyTorch docs and DGL docs if you run into any problems.

pip install torch==2.2.1 torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118
pip install dgl -f https://data.dgl.ai/wheels/cu118/repo.html
pip install dglgo -f https://data.dgl.ai/wheels-test/repo.html

Pre-trained M3GNet universal potential and MEGNet models for the Materials Project formation energy and multi-fidelity band gap are now available.

A CLI tool now provides the capability to perform quick relaxations or predictions using pre-trained models, as well as other simple administrative tasks (e.g., clearing the cache). Some simple examples:

1. To perform a relaxation,

   mgl relax --infile Li2O.cif --outfile Li2O_relax.cif

2. To use one of the pre-trained property models,

   mgl predict --model M3GNet-MP-2018.6.1-Eform --infile Li2O.cif

3. To clear the cache,

   mgl clear

For a full range of options, use mgl -h.

Users who just want to use the models out of the box should use the newly implemented matgl.load_model convenience method. The following is an example of a prediction of the formation energy for CsCl.

from pymatgen.core import Lattice, Structure
import matgl

model = matgl.load_model("MEGNet-MP-2018.6.1-Eform")

# This is the structure obtained from the Materials Project.
struct = Structure.from_spacegroup("Pm-3m", Lattice.cubic(4.1437), ["Cs", "Cl"], [[0, 0, 0], [0.5, 0.5, 0.5]])
eform = model.predict_structure(struct)
print(f"The predicted formation energy for CsCl is {float(eform.numpy()):.3f} eV/atom.")

To obtain a listing of available pre-trained models,

import matgl
print(matgl.get_available_pretrained_models())

The pre-trained models are also available on Pytorch hub. To use these models, simply install matgl and use the following commands:

import torch

# To obtain a listing of models
torch.hub.list("materialsvirtuallab/matgl", force_reload=True)

# To load a model
model = torch.hub.load("materialsvirtuallab/matgl", 'm3gnet_universal_potential')

In the PES training, the unit of energies, forces and stresses (optional) in the training, validation and test sets is extremely important to be consistent with the unit used in MatGL.

• energies: a list of energies with unit eV.
• forces: a list of nx3 force matrix with unit eV/Å, where n is the number of atom in each structure. n does not need to be the same for all structures.
• stresses: a list of 3x3 stress matrices with unit GPa (optional)

Note: For stresses, we use the convention that compressive stress gives negative values. Stresses obtained from VASP calculations (default unit is kBar) should be multiplied by -0.1 to work directly with the model.

We wrote tutorials on how to use MatGL. These were generated from [Jupyter notebooks] jupyternb, which can be directly run on Google Colab.

• API docs for all classes and methods.
• Developer Guide outlines the key design elements of matgl, especially for developers wishing to train and contribute matgl models.
• AdvancedSoft has implemented a LAMMPS interface to both the TF and MatGL version of M3Gnet.

A MatGL publication is currently being written. For now, pls refer to the CITATION.cff file for the citation information. If you are using any of the pretrained models, please cite the relevant works below:

MEGNet

Chen, C.; Ye, W.; Zuo, Y.; Zheng, C.; Ong, S. P. Graph Networks as a Universal Machine Learning Framework for Molecules and Crystals. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31 (9), 3564–3572. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01294.

Multi-fidelity MEGNet

Chen, C.; Zuo, Y.; Ye, W.; Li, X.; Ong, S. P. Learning Properties of Ordered and Disordered Materials from Multi-Fidelity Data. Nature Computational Science, 2021, 1, 46–53. DOI: 10.1038/s43588-020-00002-x.

M3GNet

Chen, C., Ong, S.P. A universal graph deep learning interatomic potential for the periodic table. Nature Computational Science, 2023, 2, 718–728. DOI: 10.1038/s43588-022-00349-3.

CHGNet

Deng, B., Zhong, P., Jun, K. et al. CHGNet: as a pretrained universal neural network potential for charge-informed atomistic modelling. Nat Mach Intell 5, 1031–1041 (2023). DOI:10.1038/s42256-023-00716-3

TensorNet

Simeon, G. De Fabritiis, G. Tensornet: Cartesian tensor representations for efficient learning of molecular potentials. Adv. Neural Info. Process. Syst. 36, (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2306.06482

SO3Net

Schütt, K. T., Hessmann, S. S. P., Gebauer, N. W. A., Lederer, J., Gastegger, M. SchNetPack 2.0: A neural network toolbox for atomistic machine learning. J. Chem. Phys. 158, 144801 (2023). DOI: 10.1063/5.0138367

1. The M3GNet-MP-2021.2.8-PES differs from the original TensorFlow (TF) implementation!

   Answer: M3GNet-MP-2021.2.8-PES is a refitted model with some data improvements and minor architectural changes. Porting over the weights from the TF version to DGL/PyTorch is non-trivial. We have performed reasonable benchmarking to ensure that the new implementation reproduces the broad error characteristics of the original TF implementation (see examples). However, it is not expected to reproduce the TF version exactly. This refitted model serves as a baseline for future model improvements. We do not believe there is value in expending the resources to reproduce the TF version exactly.

2. I am getting errors with matgl.load_model()!

   Answer: The most likely reason is that you have a cached older version of the model. We often refactor models to ensure the best implementation. This can usually be solved by updating your matgl to the latest version and clearing your cache using the following command mgl clear. On the next run, the latest model will be downloaded. With effect from v0.5.2, we have implemented a model versioning scheme that will detect code vs model version conflicts and alert the user of such problems.

3. What pre-trained models should I be using?

   Answer: There is no one definitive answer. In general, the newer the architecture and dataset, the more likely the model performs better. However, it should also be noted that a model operating on a more diverse dataset may compromise on performance on a specific system. The best way is to look at the READMEs included with each model and do some tests on the systems you are interested in.

4. How do I contribute to matgl?

   Answer: For code contributions, please fork and submit pull requests. You should read the developer guide to understand the general design guidelines. We welcome pre-trained model contributions as well, which should also be submitted via PRs. Please follow the folder structure of the pretrained models. In particular, we expect all models to come with a README.md and notebook documenting its use and its key performance metrics. Also, we expect contributions to be on new properties or systems or to significantly outperform the existing models. We will develop an alternative means for model sharing in the future.

5. None of your models do what I need. Where can I get help?

   Answer: Please contact Prof Ong with a brief description of your needs. For simple problems, we are glad to advise and point you in the right direction. For more complicated problems, we are always open to academic collaborations or projects. We also offer consulting services for companies with unique needs, including but not limited to custom data generation, model development and materials design.

This work was primarily supported by the Materials Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division under contract no. DE-AC02-05-CH11231: Materials Project program KC23MP. This work used the Expanse supercomputing cluster at the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), which is supported by National Science Foundation grant number ACI-1548562.