Model for Parameterization of Interatomic Interaction Potentials by Quantum-Mechanical Descriptors on the Basis of a Graph Neural Network

Authors

  • A.D. Terets Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, O.O. Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
  • T.Yu. Nikolaienko Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe71.7.573

Keywords:

machine learning, interatomic interaction potentials, biomolecule conformers, quantum-mechanical descriptors, neural networks, biomolecular binding

Abstract

Based on graph neural networks, a machine learning model has been developed to predict the total energy of biomolecules from their structural formulas and quantum-mechanical descriptors by predicting the parameters of the functions that approximate interatomic potentials. The applicability of the created model for predicting the total energy of biomolecules, their interaction energy, and the ordering of conformers by energies has been proven. The physical validity of the obtained parameter values was demonstrated, which opens opportunities for further application of the model in molecular modeling problems.

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2026-06-11

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Physics of liquids and liquid systems, biophysics and medical physics

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Model for Parameterization of Interatomic Interaction Potentials by Quantum-Mechanical Descriptors on the Basis of a Graph Neural Network. (2026). Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 71(7), 573. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe71.7.573

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