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BULLETIN OF THE CHINESE CERAMIC SOCIETY ›› 2026, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (3): 755-770.DOI: 10.16552/j.cnki.issn1001-1625.2025.1143

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Research Progress of Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship Analysis Method in the Field of Glass Materials

YAN Hongying1,2(), YAN Jingping2,3, JIANG Fangling2, ZHENG Qiuju1(), DENG Lu2()   

  1. 1.Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences),Jinan 250300,China
    2.Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 201800,China
    3.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
  • Received:2025-11-17 Revised:2026-01-11 Online:2026-03-20 Published:2026-04-10
  • Contact: ZHENG Qiuju, DENG Lu

Abstract:

The complex amorphous structure and metastable thermodynamic characteristics of glass materials pose challenges to understanding the mapping relationship between the structure and the performance of this kind of materials. Therefore, the structure-properties relationship becomes one of the core challenges in developing new high-performance glass. The quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) analysis method, which can establish a mathematical model to link the microscopic structure with macroscopic properties, provides a new approach to break through the limitation of traditional trial-and-error methods in designing new glass materials. This paper systematically reviews the latest progresses of QSPR analysis method in the field of glass materials. Firstly, it sorts out the complete process of the QSPR analysis method, including the data acquisition, the descriptor extraction, and the model construction. Secondly, it focuses on the classification of descriptor systems and elaborates on the development and evolution of descriptor systems in terms of structure, energy and dynamic mechanisms. Then, successful prediction cases using QSPR analysis method are further summarized, including mechanical properties, thermal properties and chemical durability in silicate, phosphate, and other glass systems, demonstrating its ability in practical material design. Finally, current challenges in understanding the physical meaning of descriptors and improving the data quality are introduced, and outlook of the future improving strategy by integrating multi-scale information and combining multi-methods are proposed, in order to promote the QSPR analysis method from an explanatory tool into a precise design platform.

Key words: quantitative structure-property relationship, glass material, structural descriptor, molecular dynamics simulation, property prediction, material design

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