AI as your next lab buddy and liquid crystal expert?

Feel alone in the lab? AI may be the solution this as your new lab buddy that takes you above and beyond!

In his new perspective paper, Dr. Astam and PhD candidate L’Karkouri explore this concept and delve into the future world of liquid crystal research that is enhanced by artificial intelligence. The authors highlight how modern AI tools, ranging from large language models and generative chemistry to robotic laboratories, can integrate molecular design, synthesis planning, experimentation, and data analysis into a closed-loop workflow; the researcher and AI will combine into one thinking unit.

While emphasizing current challenges such as data scarcity and AI “hallucinations,” the paper outlines a realistic roadmap toward faster, more efficient, and collaborative materials research at the interface of chemistry, physics, and AI. The HIM group is looking forward to bringing the AI-driven vision of this perspective paper to life with its research!