Abstract Scope |
We propose CRUX, a CRowdsourced Materials Data Engine for Unpublished X-ray diffraction (XRD) data, addressing key challenges in data-driven materials science. Modern multidisciplinary materials research integrates various data resources, often underutilized. CRUX establishes a materials knowledge graph, built upon specialized ontology, capturing processing metadata. This graph houses abstract knowledge from XRD datasets, evolves by recommending new datasets, and facilitates user queries, supporting "Why" and "What-if" analyses for XRD. Our goal is to collect critical data without burdening contributors, allowing the expansion of experimental/modeling datasets and fostering open collaboration. CRUX empowers the exchange of unpublished XRD data, unlocking research opportunities, like predicting materials compositions from multi-phase data. It also inspires innovative machine learning pipelines for data-driven materials science, regardless of the analysis model's current state. In collaboration with industry partners and developers, CRUX fosters a sustainable, open platform to advance materials research and accelerate scientific discoveries. |