Large language model agents accelerate inverse design of metal-organic frameworks for gas separation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.10559v1
• Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:18:36 GMT
• Title: Large language model agents accelerate inverse design of metal-organic frameworks for gas separation
• Abstract summary: We present LEMO Agent, a large-generative-model agent framework for closed-loop inverse design of gas-separation MOFs in MOFid space.<n> LEMO Agent couples language-based candidate generation with MOFid standardization, explicit validity checking, Transformer-based property prediction, structured design memory, and multi-island exploration.
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• Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) offer a highly modular platform for adsorptive gas separation, yet their vast reticular design space makes inverse design difficult under simultaneous constraints of chemical validity, separation performance, and structural diversity. Here, we present LEMO Agent, a large-language-model agent framework for closed-loop inverse design of gas-separation MOFs in MOFid space. LEMO Agent couples language-based candidate generation with MOFid standardization, explicit validity checking, Transformer-based property prediction, structured design memory, and multi-island exploration. Through iterative generate--validate--evaluate--remember cycles, the agent uses feedback from both successful and failed candidates to guide chemically constrained search across linker, metal, and topology choices. We evaluate LEMO Agent on CH$_4$/N$_2$ and CO$_2$/N$_2$ separation tasks. Compared with representative generative, optimization, and agentic baselines, LEMO Agent enriches high-performing candidates, improves predicted separation performance, and maintains broad chemical and topological diversity. Selected candidates are further reconstructed, evaluated by GCMC simulations, and passed through an experimental down-selection workflow based on chemical feasibility and ligand purchasability, leading to initial wet-lab synthesis and SEM characterization. These results demonstrate that large language model agents can serve as interpretable and scalable design engines for accelerating MOF discovery beyond conventional fixed-library screening.

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