Precision-Guarded Graph–Text Alignment for Universal Chemical Understanding

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated transformative potential in scientific discovery but frequently suffer from “semantic-structure misalignment”─generating syntactically plausible but chemically invalid structures, or failing to capture precise numerical properties. Existing multimodal adaptations often employ naive projection layers that, under mixed-precision training, lead to feature collapse and the loss of fine-grained topological information. In this work, we propose Deep Graph–Text Alignment (DGTA), a precision-first framework designed to unify structural generation and regression precision. Crucially, we introduce a Stability-Optimized Graph Tokenizer equipped with Float32 Precision Guards and LayerNorm Constraints. Extensive experiments demonstrate DGTA’s universality: (1) Quantum Precision: achieving SOTA regression on QM9 (MAE 0.0068); (2) Broad Classification: attaining 79.6% Avg AUC on MoleculeNet; and (3) Generative Robustness: reducing material design error by 59% (MAE 75.53 → 30.83) while achieving 93.16% structural validity on MolQA.

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Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
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2026-05-28
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.6c01205
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Machine Learning in Materials Science
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Precision-Guarded Graph–Text Alignment for Universal Chemical Understanding

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Precision-Guarded Graph–Text Alignment for Universal Chemical Understanding

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Abstract

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated transformative potential in scientific discovery but frequently suffer from “semantic-structure misalignment”─generating syntactically plausible but chemically invalid structures, or failing to capture precise numerical properties. Existing multimodal adaptations often employ naive projection layers that, under mixed-precision training, lead to feature collapse and the loss of fine-grained topological information. In this work, we propose Deep Graph–Text Alignment (DGTA), a precision-first framework designed to unify structural generation and regression precision. Crucially, we introduce a Stability-Optimized Graph Tokenizer equipped with Float32 Precision Guards and LayerNorm Constraints. Extensive experiments demonstrate DGTA’s universality: (1) Quantum Precision: achieving SOTA regression on QM9 (MAE 0.0068); (2) Broad Classification: attaining 79.6% Avg AUC on MoleculeNet; and (3) Generative Robustness: reducing material design error by 59% (MAE 75.53 → 30.83) while achieving 93.16% structural validity on MolQA.

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
Xiamen University (CN), Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (IN), Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Canada) (CA), Macao Polytechnic University (MO)
Fundo para o Desenvolvimento das Ciências e da Tecnologia, National Major Science and Technology Projects of China
Openalex Percentile: Top 12%
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