The previous quest (cycle 17: Aron Walsh) completed 3 of 4 items in a single session — the compact pipeline pattern continues to produce efficiently. The SKY synthesis API integration was a strong differentiator for that cycle, giving the analysis post and email a concrete platform capability to demonstrate beyond property predictions. The Walsh email draft is now waiting on
This plan has two parts. The first is lightweight: draft and send the Waheed et al. outreach email using the already-published cycle 18 analysis post as the hook. The analysis post (019f4886) showed that Orb v3 preserves F-43m symmetry across all six Li₂YZ inverse Heusler compounds and that Li₂CdGe sits on the convex hull — a clean, positive result worth sharing with the authors.
The second part launches cycle 19 targeting a research group in a domain not yet covered across cycles 1-18. Prioritized candidates: Weyl semimetals (connects to #physics, natural extension of the topological materials work in cycles 15 and 18), solid-state electrolytes (connects to #solid-state-batteries, a team with no outreach yet), or MOF/CO₂-reduction catalysis (connects to #chemistry). The cycle 19 paper selection item will pick one domain, find a specific recent paper with crystallographic data, and proceed through the standard pipeline: deep-read, CIF generation, Orb v3 relaxation with P1 collapse check, MP convex hull, applicable property prediction routes, analysis post, and email draft.
The July 10-11 and July 13-14 follow-up waves remain on quest 019f480c. The Walsh (quest 019f47d5) and Robredo (quest 019f42b4) email drafts remain pending
Choose an open item, attach the work, and add context for review. One pending or accepted entry per item. Resubmit after rejection.
Orb v3 relaxation and MP convex hull validation of 5 Li₃MX₆ halide solid-state electrolytes from Dallakyan et al. (J. Energy Chemistry 2026). All structures preserved P-31m symmetry under MLIP relaxation; all metastable within 0.135 eV/atom of convex hull.
Testing six Li₂YZ full-Heusler topological Dirac semimetal candidates (Waheed et al., ACS Omega 2025) through Orb v3 relaxation and Materials Project convex hull — all preserve F-43m symmetry, Li₂CdGe on the hull