Record-Breaking Laser

The first organic lasers were discovered about 20 years ago. And since that time, only slow progress had been made in improving their laser emitting properties using human-driven design and manually synthesizing about a dozen new laser candidates one-at-a-time. We launched a mission to determine whether the combination of AI and automated block chemistry in a “closed-loop” discovery engine could identify a record-breaking organic laser emitter in record time. Demonstrating a new model for collaboration, researchers spanning five different countries from across the globe and many different backgrounds and perspectives, joined forces to achieve a closed-loop discovery campaign that, once launched in full force, yielded a record-breaking laser in only a few months. This breakthrough demonstrated the disruptive power of AI and block chemistry to synergize in closed-loop campaigns to discover new molecular functions. It also yielded a playbook for how teams of researchers across the globe can now partner with AI to drive frontier innovation at the molecular scale.

Publication:

Science – Delocalized, asynchronous, closed-loop discovery of organic laser emitters

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