Generative Quasi-Continuum Modeling of Confined Fluids at the Nanoscale

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08223v1
• Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 01:44:27 GMT
• Title: Generative Quasi-Continuum Modeling of Confined Fluids at the Nanoscale
• Authors: Bugra Yalcin, Ishan Nadkarni, Jinu Jeong, Chenxing Liang, Narayana R. Aluru,
• Abstract summary: Machine-learned molecular dynamics (MLMD) offers a scalable alternative to ab initio molecular dynamics simulations.<n>We propose a conditional denoising diffusion model (DDPM) based quasi-continuum approach that predicts the long-time behavior of force profiles along the confinement direction.<n>We test the framework on water confined between two graphene nanoscale slits and demonstrate that density profiles for channel widths outside of the training domain can be recovered with ab initio accuracy.
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• Abstract: We present a data-efficient, multiscale framework for predicting the density profiles of confined fluids at the nanoscale. While accurate density estimates require prohibitively long timescales that are inaccessible by ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations, machine-learned molecular dynamics (MLMD) offers a scalable alternative, enabling the generation of force predictions at ab initio accuracy with reduced computational cost. However, despite their efficiency, MLMD simulations remain constrained by femtosecond timesteps, which limit their practicality for computing long-time averages needed for accurate density estimation. To address this, we propose a conditional denoising diffusion probabilistic model (DDPM) based quasi-continuum approach that predicts the long-time behavior of force profiles along the confinement direction, conditioned on noisy forces extracted from a limited AIMD dataset. The predicted smooth forces are then linked to continuum theory via the Nernst-Planck equation to reveal the underlying density behavior. We test the framework on water confined between two graphene nanoscale slits and demonstrate that density profiles for channel widths outside of the training domain can be recovered with ab initio accuracy. Compared to AIMD and MLMD simulations, our method achieves orders-of-magnitude speed-up in runtime and requires significantly less training data than prior works.

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