SuntheticsML is...
SuntheticsML is...
An easy-to-use machine learning (ML) platform
that helps you develop new materials, processes, and formulations using very few data points to accurately predict your system's behavior.
Where chemical engineering & Bayesian Optimization meet
We leverage a combination of chemical engineering concepts and ML predictive algorithsm.
Up to 15x times faster R&D
Our software can improve existing manufacturing processes, unlock unprecedented performance, and it can be further used to identify anomalies and facilitate diagnostics.
Technology Features
- Shorter experimental campaigns - saves money, time, energy, and materials from lower number of experiments!
- Reaction agnostic approach
- Easy visualization and exploration of complex reaction trends
-Unlocks unprecedented performance
-No expertise in ML or statistics required
- Only 5 data points required to begin analysis
Technology Validation
SuntheticsML tool has been piloted with chemical companies and academic research groups in 10+ different research areas. Through a better understanding of reaction behavior and variable effects, users identify optimal conditions and formulations using up to 15 times less experiments than more traditional experimental campaigns or DoE.
Electrochemical Reaction Optimization
Performance Improvement: Sunthetics identified a 7% higher faradaic efficiency, optimizing flow rate, current density, and reactant concentration.
Data reduction: Sunthetics' campaign used 75% less experiments, time, and resources.
Total number of experiments required: 9
Controlling aspect ratio of crystals
Performance Improvement: Sunthetics identified a 13% better aspect ratio optimizing 5 crystallization variables
Data reduction: Sunthetics' campaign used 70% less experiments, time, and resources than the company's Design of Experiments.
Total number of experiments required: 5
Prediction of Material Properties
Performance Improvement: Sunthetics identified a 40% higher fracture toughness in polymer double networks optimizing formulation and polymerization conditions.
Data reduction: Sunthetics' campaign used 80% less experiments, time, and resources.
Total number of experiments required: 4
-What are Sunthetics’ machine-learning (ML) algorithms? ML is an approach designed to identify patterns in data and make predictions of behavior under untested conditions. At Sunthetics, we leverage proprietary algorithms in a modified Bayesian Optimization approach to learn from your data in the most efficient way. Our algorithms run millions of scenarios representing potential experiments to guide you through the optimization path. In other words, it saves you time and resources, minimizing frustration in R&D!
We take your data, suggest 1+ subsequent experiment(s) to map your system, and achieve your optimization goals up to 15x faster!
-Why are the algorithms so accurate? ML predictive algorithms are as accurate as the quality of the data provided for model training. However, Sunthetics’ ML algorithms autocorrect themselves. We learn from your initial data and suggest subsequent experiments designed to confirm, adapt, and correct predicted trends. The data you collect is smartly selected to fast-track the mapping of outliers and hidden optimal areas of operation.
- What types of reactions does the tool work with? Any kind! SuntheticsML is built to be reaction-agnostic. Our tool learns from the reaction/system at hand—the initial dataset you provide and subsequent experiments that the algorithms suggest.
Our algorithms have been used with electrochemical reactions, catalytic processes, formulation optimization, prediction of material properties, mechanochemistry, photochemistry, and much more. Look at our summary of case studies and contact us if you have questions about a particular research area!
- Do I need hundreds of data points to use ML? No, SuntheticsML is designed to leverage information from very small datasets, which differentiates us from other optimization platforms. Users commonly start using our algorithms with only 5 data points.
-Is my data safe? Absolutely! We implement the best practices to protect your data. We are happy to tell you more about it in a 10 session, schedule it here.
- Do I need to know AI, programming, or statistics to use this? No, our tool is extremely easy to use! Users upload an excel or csv file with
the data from a few experiments and our algorithms will do all the work.
- What if I do not wish to use the cloud-based software? Our cloud-based software is designed to be an AI partner available to the researcher at all times. However, if you do not wish to use the software yourself, we can assign one of our engineers to your project. They will run all optimizations for you and assist you through the process.
- Is this the same as statistical design of experiments (DoE)? SuntheticsML is based on a bayesian optimization approach that guides experimentation to reduce the number of experiments required. Statistical DoE can have limitations when modeling complex reactions that have multiple local mimina/maxima. SuntheticsML can map complex reaction spaces more effectively than traditional DoE, achieving higher performance with less experiments.
SuntheticsML is a stand-alone tool capable of improving scientists' productivity, guiding experimentation, and achieving unprecedented efficiencies. However, users can always complement their DoE-enabled analysis with our tool to enhance the accuracy of the models and predictions.