Materials Informatics Tree depicting the evolution of materials informatics from foundational ideas in information theory and aperiodic crystals to neural networks, the Materials Genome Initiative, self-driving laboratories, and materials LLMs. The ascending spiral symbolizes the integration of data, intelligence, and automation toward the 2025+ vision of the virtual scientist. More details can be found in the Review by Turab Lookman, YuJie Liu, and Zhibin Gao (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202515941).
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