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abstract:
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  text: The ability to control forces between sub-micron-scale building blocks offers
    significant potential for designing new materials through self-assembly. Traditionally,
    this involves identifying a crystal structure with a desired property and then
    designing building-block interactions so that it assembles spontaneously. However,
    this paradigm fails for structurally disordered solids, which lack a well-defined
    structure. Here, we show that disordered solids can still be treated from an inverse
    self-assembly perspective by bypassing structure and directly targeting material
    properties. Using the Poisson’s ratio as a primary example, we demonstrate how
    differentiable programming links interaction parameters with emergent behavior,
    enabling iterative training to achieve the desired Poisson’s ratio. We also tune
    other properties, including pressure and local 8-fold structural order, and can
    even control multiple properties simultaneously. This robust, transferable, and
    scalable approach can handle a wide variety of systems and properties, demonstrating
    the utility of disordered solids as a practical avenue for self-assembly platforms.
acknowledgement: We thank M. Lechner for helpful discussions.
article_number: '141'
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author:
- first_name: Mengjie
  full_name: Zu, Mengjie
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  last_name: Zu
- first_name: Carl Peter
  full_name: Goodrich, Carl Peter
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  last_name: Goodrich
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citation:
  ama: Zu M, Goodrich CP. Designing athermal disordered solids with automatic differentiation.
    <i>Communications Materials</i>. 2024;5. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-024-00583-4">10.1038/s43246-024-00583-4</a>
  apa: Zu, M., &#38; Goodrich, C. P. (2024). Designing athermal disordered solids
    with automatic differentiation. <i>Communications Materials</i>. Springer Nature.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-024-00583-4">https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-024-00583-4</a>
  chicago: Zu, Mengjie, and Carl Peter Goodrich. “Designing Athermal Disordered Solids
    with Automatic Differentiation.” <i>Communications Materials</i>. Springer Nature,
    2024. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-024-00583-4">https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-024-00583-4</a>.
  ieee: M. Zu and C. P. Goodrich, “Designing athermal disordered solids with automatic
    differentiation,” <i>Communications Materials</i>, vol. 5. Springer Nature, 2024.
  ista: Zu M, Goodrich CP. 2024. Designing athermal disordered solids with automatic
    differentiation. Communications Materials. 5, 141.
  mla: Zu, Mengjie, and Carl Peter Goodrich. “Designing Athermal Disordered Solids
    with Automatic Differentiation.” <i>Communications Materials</i>, vol. 5, 141,
    Springer Nature, 2024, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-024-00583-4">10.1038/s43246-024-00583-4</a>.
  short: M. Zu, C.P. Goodrich, Communications Materials 5 (2024).
corr_author: '1'
das_tickbox: '1'
dataavailabilitystatement: The authors declare that the data supporting the findings
  of this study are available within the paper and its Supplementary Information files
date_created: 2024-08-11T22:01:11Z
date_published: 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-10-01T08:28:59Z
day: '01'
ddc:
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doi: 10.1038/s43246-024-00583-4
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