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Press releasePublished on 14 August 2025

High-accuracy atomistic modeling of amorphous materials - Machine learning reveals the mysteries of thin films at atomic scale

Dübendorf, 14.08.2025 — Amorphous aluminum oxide is often used in the form of protective thin films and membranes. However, what happens at the atomic level in the material is poorly understood. Thanks to innovative experiments and machine learning, an interdisciplinary team of Empa researchers was able to model its disordered structure with a high degree of accuracy for the first time.

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