AI now powers all stages of materials research, review finds
AI drives innovation throughout the entire cycle of discovery, development and optimization of new materials. Credit: ACS Nano (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c04200 The era has arrived when artificial intelligence (AI) autonomously imagines and predicts the structures and properties of new materials. Today, AI functions as the researcher’s “second brain” and is actively involved in every stage…