title: Materials Informatics: Statistical Modeling in Material Science.
abstract: Material informatics is engaged with the application of informatic principles to materials science in order to assist in the discovery and development of new materials. Central to the field is the application of data mining techniques and in particular machine learning approaches, often referred to as Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) modeling, to derive predictive models for a variety of materials-related "activities". Such models can accelerate the development of new materials with favorable properties and provide insight into the factors governing these properties. Here we provide a comparison between medicinal chemistry/drug design and materials-related QSAR modeling and highlight the importance of developing new, materials-specific descriptors. We survey some of the most recent QSAR models developed in materials science with focus on energetic materials and on solar cells. Finally we present new examples of material-informatic analyses of solar cells libraries produced from metal oxides using combinatorial material synthesis. Different analyses lead to interesting physical insights as well as to the design of new cells with potentially improved photovoltaic parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Business Administration, Peres Academic Center, Rehovot, 76102, Israel.|College of Law & Business, Ramat-Gan, 26 Ben Gurion Street, Israel.
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yosipof
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 5290002, Israel.|Department of Physical Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: Klimentiy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimanovich
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 5290002, Israel.
authors.forename: Hanoch
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Senderowitz
mesh_terms: D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D057225:Data Mining / Q000379:methods; D015195:Drug Design; D007254:Information Science / Q000379:methods*; D000074266:Materials Science / Q000379:methods*; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D015233:Models, Statistical; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D008670:Metals
keywords: Material informatics; QSAR; chemoinformatics; material science; photovoltaic cells; solar cells