Paper Info
Title
Design of Electroceramic Materials Using Artificial Neural Networks and Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms.
Abstract
We describe the computational design of electroceramic materials with optimal permittivity for application as electronic components. Given the difficulty of large-scale manufacture and characterization of these materials, including the theoretical prediction of their materials properties by conventional means, our approach is based on a recently established database containing composition and property information for a wide range of ceramic compounds. The electroceramic materials composition-function relationship is encapsulated by an artificial neural network which is used as one of the objectives in a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm. Evolutionary algorithms are stochastic optimization techniques which we employ to search for optimal materials based on chemical composition. The other objectives optimized include the reliability of the neural network prediction and the overall electrostatic charge of the material. The evolutionary algorithm searches for materials which simultaneously have high relative permittivity, minimum overall charge, and Good prediction reliability. We find that we are able to predict a range of new electroceramic materials with varying degrees of reliability. In some cases the materials are similar to those contained in the database; in others, completely new materials are predicted.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1021/ci700269r
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING
Keywords
Field
DocType
optimization,genetic algorithm,artificial neural network,ceramic materials,dielectric properties
Ceramic,Permittivity,Stochastic optimization,Evolutionary algorithm,Chemistry,Relative permittivity,Bioinformatics,Electronic component,Artificial neural network,Genetic algorithm
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
48
2
1549-9596
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
D. J. Scott121.12
S. Manos241.50
P. V. Coveney3335.99