title: The Mendeleev-Meyer force project.
abstract: Here we present the Mendeleev-Meyer Force Project which aims at tabulating all materials and substances in a fashion similar to the periodic table. The goal is to group and tabulate substances using nanoscale force footprints rather than atomic number or electronic configuration as in the periodic table. The process is divided into: (1) acquiring nanoscale force data from materials, (2) parameterizing the raw data into standardized input features to generate a library, (3) feeding the standardized library into an algorithm to generate, enhance or exploit a model to identify a material or property. We propose producing databases mimicking the Materials Genome Initiative, the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLARS) or the PRoteomics IDEntifications database (PRIDE) and making these searchable online via search engines mimicking Pubmed or the PRIDE web interface. A prototype exploiting deep learning algorithms, i.e. multilayer neural networks, is presented.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Energy and NanoScience (LENS), Institute Center for Future Energy (iFES), Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. mchiesa@masdar.ac.ae and Future Synthesis, Adderbury Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 3EP, UK.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Energy and NanoScience (LENS), Institute Center for Future Energy (iFES), Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. mchiesa@masdar.ac.ae.
authors.forename: Chia-Yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Carlo A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Amadei
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Karim R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Gadelrab
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Tzu-Chieh
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: ICN2 - Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia, CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, ICN2 Building, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verdaguer
authors.affiliation: Departament de Disseny i Programació de Sistemes Electrònics, UPC - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Av. Bases, 61, 08242 Manresa (Barcelona), Spain.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barcons
authors.affiliation: Departament de Disseny i Programació de Sistemes Electrònics, UPC - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Av. Bases, 61, 08242 Manresa (Barcelona), Spain.
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Font
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Óptica y Nanociencia (CIOyN), Campus Espinardo, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Colchero
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Energy and NanoScience (LENS), Institute Center for Future Energy (iFES), Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. mchiesa@masdar.ac.ae.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiesa