publications

Publications

Journal articles, preprints, and conference proceedings by Xiangyu Yin, spanning computational materials design, X-ray and electron microscopy, and AI-driven scientific automation. Also on Google Scholar.

Journal articles

MapsTorch: automatic differentiation for X-ray fluorescence data analysis

Xiangyu Yin, Zichao Di, Olga Antipova, Si Chen, Yi Jiang, Arthur Glowacki

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 33 (1), 235–245 · 2026doi:10.1107/s160057752501032x
BibTeX
@article{Yin_2026,
  title={MapsTorch: automatic differentiation for X-ray fluorescence data analysis},
  volume={33},
  ISSN={1600-5775},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s160057752501032x},
  DOI={10.1107/s160057752501032x},
  number={1},
  journal={Journal of Synchrotron Radiation},
  publisher={International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)},
  author={Yin, Xiangyu and Di, Zichao and Antipova, Olga and Chen, Si and Jiang, Yi and Glowacki, Arthur},
  year={2026}, month=Jan,
  pages={235–245}
}

Mic-hackathon 2024: hackathon on machine learning for electron and scanning probe microscopy

Utkarsh Pratiush, Austin Houston, Kamyar Barakati, Aditya Raghavan, Ralph Bulanadi, Xiangyu Yin, … (73 authors)

Machine Learning: Science and Technology 6 (4), 040701 · 2025doi:10.1088/2632-2153/ae1f5d
BibTeX
@article{Pratiush_2025,
  title={Mic-hackathon 2024: hackathon on machine learning for electron and scanning probe microscopy},
  volume={6},
  ISSN={2632-2153},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ae1f5d},
  DOI={10.1088/2632-2153/ae1f5d},
  number={4},
  journal={Machine Learning: Science and Technology},
  publisher={IOP Publishing},
  author={Pratiush, Utkarsh and Houston, Austin and Barakati, Kamyar and Raghavan, Aditya and Bulanadi, Ralph and Yin, Xiangyu and Welborn, Samuel S and Yoon, Dasol and K P, Harikrishnan and Baraissov, Zhaslan and Ma, Desheng and Jakowski, Mikolaj and Barhorst, Shawn-Patrick and Pattison, Alexander J and Manganaris, Panayotis and Madugula, Sita Sirisha and Gayathri Ayyagari, Sai Venkata and Kennedy, Vishal and Wang, Michelle and Pang, Kieran J and Addison-Smith, Ian and Menacho, Willy and Guzman, Horacio V and Kiefer, Alexander and Furth, Nicholas and Kolev, Nikola L and Petrov, Mikhail and Liu, Viktoriia and Ilyev, Sergey and Rairao, Srikar and Rodani, Tommaso and Pinto-Huguet, Ivan and Chen, Xuli and Cruañes, Josep and Torrens, Marta and Pomar, Jovan and Su, Fanzhi and Vedanti, Pawan and Lyu, Zhiheng and Wang, Xingzhi and Yao, Lehan and Taqieddin, Amir and Laskowski, Forrest and Shao, Yu-Tsun and Fein-Ashley, Benjamin and Jiang, Yi and Kumar, Vineet and Mishra, Himanshu and Paul, Yogesh and Bazgir, Adib and Praneeth Madugula, Rama Chandra and Zhang, Yuwen and Omprakash, Pravan and Huang, Jian and Montufar-Morales, Eric and Chawla, Vivek and Sethi, Harshit and Huang, Jie and Kurki, Lauri and Guinan, Grace and Salvador, Addison and Ter-Petrosyan, Arman and Van Winkle, Madeline and Spurgeon, Steven R and Narasimha, Ganesh and Wu, Zijie and Liu, Richard and Liu, Yongtao and Slautin, Boris and Lupini, Andrew R and Vasudevan, Rama and Duscher, Gerd and Kalinin, Sergei V},
  year={2025}, month=Dec,
  pages={040701}
}

Search methods for inorganic materials crystal structure prediction

Xiangyu Yin, Chrysanthos E Gounaris

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering 35, 100726 · 2022doi:10.1016/j.coche.2021.100726
BibTeX
@article{Yin_2022,
  title={Search methods for inorganic materials crystal structure prediction},
  volume={35},
  ISSN={2211-3398},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2021.100726},
  DOI={10.1016/j.coche.2021.100726},
  journal={Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering},
  publisher={Elsevier BV},
  author={Yin, Xiangyu and Gounaris, Chrysanthos E},
  year={2022}, month=Mar,
  pages={100726}
}

Computational discovery of Metal–Organic Frameworks for sustainable energy systems: Open challenges

Xiangyu Yin, Chrysanthos E. Gounaris

Computers & Chemical Engineering 167, 108022 · 2022doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2022.108022
BibTeX
@article{Yin_2022,
  title={Computational discovery of Metal–Organic Frameworks for sustainable energy systems: Open challenges},
  volume={167},
  ISSN={0098-1354},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2022.108022},
  DOI={10.1016/j.compchemeng.2022.108022},
  journal={Computers & Chemical Engineering},
  publisher={Elsevier BV},
  author={Yin, Xiangyu and Gounaris, Chrysanthos E.},
  year={2022}, month=Nov,
  pages={108022}
}

MatOpt: A Python Package for Nanomaterials Design Using Discrete Optimization

Christopher L. Hanselman, Xiangyu Yin, David C. Miller, Chrysanthos E. Gounaris

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 62 (2), 295–308 · 2022doi:10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00984
BibTeX
@article{Hanselman_2022,
  title={MatOpt: A Python Package for Nanomaterials Design Using Discrete Optimization},
  volume={62},
  ISSN={1549-960X},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00984},
  DOI={10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00984},
  number={2},
  journal={Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling},
  publisher={American Chemical Society (ACS)},
  author={Hanselman, Christopher L. and Yin, Xiangyu and Miller, David C. and Gounaris, Chrysanthos E.},
  year={2022}, month=Jan,
  pages={295–308}
}

Designing stable bimetallic nanoclusters via an iterative two-step optimization approach

Xiangyu Yin, Natalie M. Isenberg, Christopher L. Hanselman, James R. Dean, Giannis Mpourmpakis, Chrysanthos E. Gounaris

Molecular Systems Design & Engineering 6 (7), 545–557 · 2021doi:10.1039/d1me00027f
BibTeX
@article{Yin_2021,
  title={Designing stable bimetallic nanoclusters via an iterative two-step optimization approach},
  volume={6},
  ISSN={2058-9689},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1me00027f},
  DOI={10.1039/d1me00027f},
  number={7},
  journal={Molecular Systems Design & Engineering},
  publisher={Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)},
  author={Yin, Xiangyu and Isenberg, Natalie M. and Hanselman, Christopher L. and Dean, James R. and Mpourmpakis, Giannis and Gounaris, Chrysanthos E.},
  year={2021},
  pages={545–557}
}

Preprints

CVEvolve: Autonomous Algorithm Discovery for Unstructured Scientific Data Processing

Ming Du, Xiangyu Yin, Yanqi Luo, Dishant Beniwal, Songyuan Tang, Hemant Sharma, Mathew J. Cherukara

arXiv preprint · 2026arXiv:2605.11359
BibTeX
@misc{https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2605.11359, doi = {10.48550/ARXIV.2605.11359}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.11359}, author = {Du, Ming and Yin, Xiangyu and Luo, Yanqi and Beniwal, Dishant and Tang, Songyuan and Sharma, Hemant and Cherukara, Mathew J.}, keywords = {Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI), Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an), FOS: Computer and information sciences, FOS: Computer and information sciences, FOS: Physical sciences, FOS: Physical sciences, I.2.2, 68T42}, title = {CVEvolve: Autonomous Algorithm Discovery for Unstructured Scientific Data Processing}, publisher = {arXiv}, year = {2026}, copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International}
}

AlphaDiffract: Automated Crystallographic Analysis of Powder X-ray Diffraction Data

Nina Andrejevic, Ming Du, Hemant Sharma, James P. Horwath, Aileen Luo, Xiangyu Yin, … (9 authors)

arXiv preprint · 2026arXiv:2603.23367
BibTeX
@misc{https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2603.23367, doi = {10.48550/ARXIV.2603.23367}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23367}, author = {Andrejevic, Nina and Du, Ming and Sharma, Hemant and Horwath, James P. and Luo, Aileen and Yin, Xiangyu and Prince, Michael and Toby, Brian H. and Cherukara, Mathew J.}, keywords = {Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci), FOS: Physical sciences, FOS: Physical sciences}, title = {AlphaDiffract: Automated Crystallographic Analysis of Powder X-ray Diffraction Data}, publisher = {arXiv}, year = {2026}, copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International}
}

Autonomous Algorithm Discovery for Ptychography via Evolutionary LLM Reasoning

Xiangyu Yin, Ming Du, Junjing Deng, Zhi Yang, Yimo Han, Yi Jiang

arXiv preprint · 2026arXiv:2603.05696
BibTeX
@misc{https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2603.05696, doi = {10.48550/ARXIV.2603.05696}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.05696}, author = {Yin, Xiangyu and Du, Ming and Deng, Junjing and Yang, Zhi and Han, Yimo and Jiang, Yi}, keywords = {Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE), Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI), Computation and Language (cs.CL), Numerical Analysis (math.NA), FOS: Computer and information sciences, FOS: Computer and information sciences, FOS: Mathematics, FOS: Mathematics}, title = {Autonomous Algorithm Discovery for Ptychography via Evolutionary LLM Reasoning}, publisher = {arXiv}, year = {2026}, copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International}
}

Adapting General-Purpose Foundation Models for X-ray Ptychography in Low-Data Regimes

Robinson Umeike, Neil Getty, Yin Xiangyu, Yi Jiang

arXiv preprint · 2025arXiv:2511.02503
BibTeX
@misc{https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2511.02503, doi = {10.48550/ARXIV.2511.02503}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02503}, author = {Umeike, Robinson and Getty, Neil and Xiangyu, Yin and Jiang, Yi}, keywords = {Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV), FOS: Computer and information sciences, FOS: Computer and information sciences}, title = {Adapting General-Purpose Foundation Models for X-ray Ptychography in Low-Data Regimes}, publisher = {arXiv}, year = {2025}, copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International}
}

PEAR: A Robust and Flexible Automation Framework for Ptychography Enabled by Multiple Large Language Model Agents

Xiangyu Yin, Chuqiao Shi, Yimo Han, Yi Jiang

arXiv preprint · 2024arXiv:2410.09034
BibTeX
@misc{https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2410.09034, doi = {10.48550/ARXIV.2410.09034}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.09034}, author = {Yin, Xiangyu and Shi, Chuqiao and Han, Yimo and Jiang, Yi}, keywords = {Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE), Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI), Computation and Language (cs.CL), Multiagent Systems (cs.MA), FOS: Computer and information sciences, FOS: Computer and information sciences}, title = {PEAR: A Robust and Flexible Automation Framework for Ptychography Enabled by Multiple Large Language Model Agents}, publisher = {arXiv}, year = {2024}, copyright = {arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license}
}

Selected proceedings

Nodeology: Creating Graph-based Agentic Workflows for AI-Assisted Electron Microscopy

Xiangyu Yin, Chuqiao Shi, Benjamin Fein-Ashley, Yu-Tsun Shao, Yimo Han, Yi Jiang

Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (S1) · 2025doi:10.1093/mam/ozaf048.1108
BibTeX
@article{Yin_2025,
  title={Nodeology: Creating Graph-based Agentic Workflows for AI-Assisted Electron Microscopy},
  volume={31},
  ISSN={1435-8115},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozaf048.1108},
  DOI={10.1093/mam/ozaf048.1108},
  number={Supplement_1},
  journal={Microscopy and Microanalysis},
  publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  author={Yin, Xiangyu and Shi, Chuqiao and Fein-Ashley, Benjamin and Shao, Yu-Tsun and Han, Yimo and Jiang, Yi},
  year={2025}, month=July }

Empowering Electron Ptychography with Generative Artificial Intelligence and Agentic Workflows

Yi Jiang, Xiangyu Yin, Chuqiao Shi, Benjamin Fein-Ashley, Yu-Tsun Shao, Yimo Han

Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (S1) · 2025doi:10.1093/mam/ozaf048.1061
BibTeX
@article{Jiang_2025,
  title={Empowering Electron Ptychography with Generative Artificial Intelligence and Agentic Workflows},
  volume={31},
  ISSN={1435-8115},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozaf048.1061},
  DOI={10.1093/mam/ozaf048.1061},
  number={Supplement_1},
  journal={Microscopy and Microanalysis},
  publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  author={Jiang, Yi and Yin, Xiangyu and Shi, Chuqiao and Fein-Ashley, Benjamin and Shao, Yu-Tsun and Han, Yimo},
  year={2025}, month=July }

Accelerating Ptychography Algorithm Development with Reasoning Large Language Models

Xiangyu Yin, Chuqiao Shi, Yimo Han, Yi Jiang

Microscopy and Microanalysis 31 (S1) · 2025doi:10.1093/mam/ozaf048.039
BibTeX
@article{Yin_2025,
  title={Accelerating Ptychography Algorithm Development with Reasoning Large Language Models},
  volume={31},
  ISSN={1435-8115},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozaf048.039},
  DOI={10.1093/mam/ozaf048.039},
  number={Supplement_1},
  journal={Microscopy and Microanalysis},
  publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  author={Yin, Xiangyu and Shi, Chuqiao and Han, Yimo and Jiang, Yi},
  year={2025}, month=July }

LLM-assisted workflows for x-ray ptychography at the advanced photon source

Yi Jiang, Xiangyu Yin, Amey Luktuke, Yanqi Luo, Junjing Deng

X-Ray Nanoimaging: Instruments and Methods VII (SPIE) · 2025doi:10.1117/12.3065346
BibTeX
@inproceedings{Jiang_2025,
  title={LLM-assisted workflows for x-ray ptychography at the advanced photon source},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3065346},
  DOI={10.1117/12.3065346},
  booktitle={X-Ray Nanoimaging: Instruments and Methods VII},
  publisher={SPIE},
  author={Jiang, Yi and Yin, Xiangyu and Luktuke, Amey and Luo, Yanqi and Deng, Junjing},
  editor={Lai, Barry and Chu, Yong S.},
  year={2025}, month=Sept,
  pages={3}
}

Empowering x-ray science with LLMs and agentic workflow

Xiangyu Yin, Amey Luktuke, Yanqi Luo, Junjing Deng, Arthur Glowacki, Yi Jiang

X-Ray Nanoimaging: Instruments and Methods VII (SPIE) · 2025doi:10.1117/12.3065753
BibTeX
@inproceedings{Yin_2025,
  title={Empowering x-ray science with LLMs and agentic workflow},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3065753},
  DOI={10.1117/12.3065753},
  booktitle={X-Ray Nanoimaging: Instruments and Methods VII},
  publisher={SPIE},
  author={Yin, Xiangyu and Luktuke, Amey and Luo, Yanqi and Deng, Junjing and Glowacki, Arthur and Jiang, Yi},
  editor={Lai, Barry and Chu, Yong S.},
  year={2025}, month=Sept,
  pages={15}
}

PEAR: A Knowledge-guided Autonomous Pipeline for Ptychography Enabled by Large Language Models

Xiangyu Yin, Chuqiao Shi, Junjing Deng, Yimo Han, Yi Jiang

Microscopy and Microanalysis 30 (S1) · 2024doi:10.1093/mam/ozae044.184
BibTeX
@article{Yin_2024,
  title={PEAR: A Knowledge-guided Autonomous Pipeline for Ptychography Enabled by Large Language Models},
  volume={30},
  ISSN={1435-8115},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.184},
  DOI={10.1093/mam/ozae044.184},
  number={Supplement_1},
  journal={Microscopy and Microanalysis},
  publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  author={Yin, Xiangyu and Shi, Chuqiao and Deng, Junjing and Han, Yimo and Jiang, Yi},
  year={2024}, month=July }

Automating X-ray Fluorescence Mapping with Differentiable Modeling

Xiangyu Yin, Zichao Wendy Di, Olga Antipova, Si Chen, Yi Jiang, Arthur Glowacki

Microscopy and Microanalysis 30 (S1) · 2024doi:10.1093/mam/ozae044.1017
BibTeX
@article{Yin_2024,
  title={Automating X-ray Fluorescence Mapping with Differentiable Modeling},
  volume={30},
  ISSN={1435-8115},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.1017},
  DOI={10.1093/mam/ozae044.1017},
  number={Supplement_1},
  journal={Microscopy and Microanalysis},
  publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  author={Yin, Xiangyu and Wendy Di, Zichao and Antipova, Olga and Chen, Si and Jiang, Yi and Glowacki, Arthur},
  year={2024}, month=July }

Pushing the Limits of Electron Ptychography with Physics-informed Bayesian Optimization

Xiangyu Yin, Zhi Yang, Yimo Han, Yi Jiang

Microscopy and Microanalysis 30 (S1) · 2024doi:10.1093/mam/ozae044.906
BibTeX
@article{Yin_2024,
  title={Pushing the Limits of Electron Ptychography with Physics-informed Bayesian Optimization},
  volume={30},
  ISSN={1435-8115},
  url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae044.906},
  DOI={10.1093/mam/ozae044.906},
  number={Supplement_1},
  journal={Microscopy and Microanalysis},
  publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  author={Yin, Xiangyu and Yang, Zhi and Han, Yimo and Jiang, Yi},
  year={2024}, month=July }

Citing this site

To reference nodeology.ai or one of its interactive artifacts (courses, atlases, simulators, resource boards):

@misc{yin2026nodeology,
  author = {Yin, Xiangyu},
  title = {nodeology.ai: interactive courses, atlases, and simulators for X-ray science and AI},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nodeology.ai},
  urldate = {2026-07-20}
}