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Transferable Machine Learning Potential X-MACE for Excited States using Integrated DeepSets
Rhyan Barrett, Christoph Ortner, Julia Westermayr
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Conical intersections serve as critical gateways in photochemical reactions, enabling rapid nonradiative transitions between potential energy surfaces that underpin fundamental processes such as photosynthesis or vision. Their calculation with quantum chemistry is, however, extremely computationally intensive and their modeling with machine learning poses a significant challenge due to their inherently non-smooth and complex nature. To address this challenge, we introduce a deep learning architecture designed to precisely model excited states and improve their accuracy around these critical, non-smooth regions. Our model integrates Deep Sets into the Message Passing Atomic Cluster Expansion (MACE) framework resulting in a smooth representation of the non-smooth excited-state potential energy surfaces. We validate our method using numerous molecules, showcasing a significant improvement in accurately modeling the energy landscape around conical intersections compared to conventional excited-state models. Additionally, we apply ground-state foundational machine learning models as a basis for excited states. By doing so, we showcase that the developed model is capable of transferring not only from the ground state to excited states, but also within chemical space to molecular systems beyond those included in the training dataset. This advancement not only enhances the fidelity of excited-state modeling, but also lays the foundations for the investigation of more complex molecular systems.
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