We define bipartite and monopartite relational networks of chemical elements and compounds using two different datasets of inorganic chemical and material compounds, as well as study their topology. We discover that the connectivity between elements and compounds is distributed exponentially for materials, and with a fat tail for chemicals. Compounds networks show similar distribution of degrees, and feature a highly-connected club due to oxygen . Chemical compounds networks appear more modular than material ones, while the communities detected reveal different dominant elements specific to the topology. We successfully reproduce the connectivity of the empirical chemicals and materials networks by using a family of fitness models, where the fitness values are derived from the abundances of the elements in the aggregate compound data. Our results pave the way towards a relational network-based understanding of the inherent complexity of the vast chemical knowledge atlas, and our methodology can be applied to other systems with the ingredient-composite structure.

Tsekenis, G., Cimini, G., Kalafatis, M., Giacometti, A., Gili, T., Caldarelli, G. (2024). Network topology mapping of chemical compounds space. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 14(1) [10.1038/s41598-024-54594-9].

Network topology mapping of chemical compounds space

Cimini, Giulio;
2024-03-04

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We define bipartite and monopartite relational networks of chemical elements and compounds using two different datasets of inorganic chemical and material compounds, as well as study their topology. We discover that the connectivity between elements and compounds is distributed exponentially for materials, and with a fat tail for chemicals. Compounds networks show similar distribution of degrees, and feature a highly-connected club due to oxygen . Chemical compounds networks appear more modular than material ones, while the communities detected reveal different dominant elements specific to the topology. We successfully reproduce the connectivity of the empirical chemicals and materials networks by using a family of fitness models, where the fitness values are derived from the abundances of the elements in the aggregate compound data. Our results pave the way towards a relational network-based understanding of the inherent complexity of the vast chemical knowledge atlas, and our methodology can be applied to other systems with the ingredient-composite structure.
4-mar-2024
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Tsekenis, G., Cimini, G., Kalafatis, M., Giacometti, A., Gili, T., Caldarelli, G. (2024). Network topology mapping of chemical compounds space. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 14(1) [10.1038/s41598-024-54594-9].
Tsekenis, G; Cimini, G; Kalafatis, M; Giacometti, A; Gili, T; Caldarelli, G
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