Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry ›› 2026, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (6): 2310-2326.DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202512023 Previous Articles Next Articles
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张桂苹a,b, 丁昌华a, 郭勇b,*(
), 李遥b,*(
), 薛小松b,*(
)
收稿日期:2025-12-17
修回日期:2026-01-27
发布日期:2026-02-13
基金资助:
Guiping Zhanga,b, Changhua Dinga, Yong Guob,*(
), Yao Lib,*(
), Xiaosong Xueb,*(
)
Received:2025-12-17
Revised:2026-01-27
Published:2026-02-13
Contact:
* E-mail: yguo@sioc.ac.cn;liyao@sioc.ac.cn;xuexs@sioc.ac.cn
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Guiping Zhang, Changhua Ding, Yong Guo, Yao Li, Xiaosong Xue. Research Progress of Machine Learning in Surfactant Performance Prediction and Design[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2026, 46(6): 2310-2326.
| Authors | Year | Algorithm | Features/Descriptors | Dataset size | Surfactant type | R2 (Test) | RMSE (log CMC, mol/L) (Test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specific-type models | |||||||
| Gaudin et al.[ | 2016 | MLR | Integral; topological, compositional, and fragment descriptors | 83 | Sugar-based | 0.910 | 0.320 |
| Wang et al.[ | 2019 | MLR | Norm descriptors | 101 | Anionic | 0.913 | 0.257 |
| Jiao et al.[ | 2020 | PLS | Holographic fragment fingerprints | 120 | Gemini (anionic/ cationic) | 0.980 | 0.176 |
| Setiawan et al.[ | 2021 | Consensus | Dragon/CDK/ISIDA descriptors | 231 | Gemini cationic | 0.870 | 0.350 |
| Creton et al.[ | 2022 | SVM | Functional group descriptors | 254a | PFAS+conven- tional surfactants | 0.899 | 0.273 |
| General models | |||||||
| Zavala et al.[ | 2021 | GCN | Molecular graphs | 202 | All typesᵈ | 0.920 | 0.300 |
| Seddon et al.[ | 2022 | XGB | 3D descriptors+physical constraints | 154 | All types | 0.870 | - |
| Striolo et al.[ | 2023 | GPs-GNN | Molecular graphs | 202+43 | All types | - | 0.210 |
| Boukelkal et al.[ | 2024 | DA-SVR | Dragon/Mordred descriptors+temperature | 593 | All types | 0.986 | 0.144 |
| Mitsos et al.[ | 2024 | GNN | Molecular graphs | 429 | All types | 0.940 | 0.280 |
| Mitsos et al.[ | 2024 | GNN | Molecular graphs+ temperature | 1375b | All types (multi-task) | 0.950 | 0.240 |
| Ge et al.[ | 2024 | LGBM (ionic)+ GBDT (nonionic) | Descriptors+ temperature+PCA classification | 779 | All types | 0.944 | 0.284 |
| Robinson et al.[ | 2025 | AttentiveFP | Molecular graphs | 1395 | All types (multi-task) | — | 0.346 |
| Complex conditions & mixture systems | |||||||
| Ham et al.[ | 2024 | GNN | Molecular graphs, MD simulations, geometric descriptors | 92 | All types (multi-task) | 0.900 | 0.280 |
| Barbosa et al.[ | 2025 | FNN | DFT-derived features+ temperature | 1377 | All types | 0.950 | 0.380 |
| Mitsos et al.[ | 2025 | Combined-GNN | Hybrid graphs, mole fraction, temperature | 1924c | Binary mixtures | 0.930 | 0.249 |
| Choudhary et al.[ | 2025 | ANN | Descriptor fusion | 979 | Binary mixtures | 0.941 | 0.315 |
| Authors | Year | Algorithm | Features/Descriptors | Dataset size | Surfactant type | R2 (Test) | RMSE (log CMC, mol/L) (Test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specific-type models | |||||||
| Gaudin et al.[ | 2016 | MLR | Integral; topological, compositional, and fragment descriptors | 83 | Sugar-based | 0.910 | 0.320 |
| Wang et al.[ | 2019 | MLR | Norm descriptors | 101 | Anionic | 0.913 | 0.257 |
| Jiao et al.[ | 2020 | PLS | Holographic fragment fingerprints | 120 | Gemini (anionic/ cationic) | 0.980 | 0.176 |
| Setiawan et al.[ | 2021 | Consensus | Dragon/CDK/ISIDA descriptors | 231 | Gemini cationic | 0.870 | 0.350 |
| Creton et al.[ | 2022 | SVM | Functional group descriptors | 254a | PFAS+conven- tional surfactants | 0.899 | 0.273 |
| General models | |||||||
| Zavala et al.[ | 2021 | GCN | Molecular graphs | 202 | All typesᵈ | 0.920 | 0.300 |
| Seddon et al.[ | 2022 | XGB | 3D descriptors+physical constraints | 154 | All types | 0.870 | - |
| Striolo et al.[ | 2023 | GPs-GNN | Molecular graphs | 202+43 | All types | - | 0.210 |
| Boukelkal et al.[ | 2024 | DA-SVR | Dragon/Mordred descriptors+temperature | 593 | All types | 0.986 | 0.144 |
| Mitsos et al.[ | 2024 | GNN | Molecular graphs | 429 | All types | 0.940 | 0.280 |
| Mitsos et al.[ | 2024 | GNN | Molecular graphs+ temperature | 1375b | All types (multi-task) | 0.950 | 0.240 |
| Ge et al.[ | 2024 | LGBM (ionic)+ GBDT (nonionic) | Descriptors+ temperature+PCA classification | 779 | All types | 0.944 | 0.284 |
| Robinson et al.[ | 2025 | AttentiveFP | Molecular graphs | 1395 | All types (multi-task) | — | 0.346 |
| Complex conditions & mixture systems | |||||||
| Ham et al.[ | 2024 | GNN | Molecular graphs, MD simulations, geometric descriptors | 92 | All types (multi-task) | 0.900 | 0.280 |
| Barbosa et al.[ | 2025 | FNN | DFT-derived features+ temperature | 1377 | All types | 0.950 | 0.380 |
| Mitsos et al.[ | 2025 | Combined-GNN | Hybrid graphs, mole fraction, temperature | 1924c | Binary mixtures | 0.930 | 0.249 |
| Choudhary et al.[ | 2025 | ANN | Descriptor fusion | 979 | Binary mixtures | 0.941 | 0.315 |
| Authors | Year | Algorithm | Features/Descriptors | Dataset size | Data description | R2 (Test) | RMSE (mN/m) (Test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaudin et al.[ | 2018 | MLR | Quantum chemical descriptors | 70 | Sugar-based nonionic surfactants (cyclic/non-cyclic head groups; linear/branched/unsaturated chains) | 0.780 | 2.400 |
| Hemmati-Sarapardeh et al.[ | 2023 | GBRT | Temperature, n-alkane molecular weight, concentration, HLB, PIT | 390 | Five ionic surfactants (C10TAB, C12TAB, C14TAB, C16TAB, SDS) | 0.985 | 1.628 |
| Pradilla et al.[ | 2023 | RF | 37 manually defined molecular descriptors | 691+9 | 691 conventional surfactants+ 9 amino acids | 0.550 | 4.720 |
| Saeedi Dehaghani et al.[ | 2023 | SGBT | Temperature, mole fraction, molecular weight, density, boiling point, etc. | 4010 | 122 binary mixtures (48 ionic liquids+20 nonionic liquids) | 0.993 | 0.001 |
| Ham et al.[ | 2024 | GNN | Molecular graphs, MD simulations, geometric descriptors | 92 | Anionic, cationic, nonionic, and zwitterionic surfactants | 0.900 | 2.640 |
| Robinson et al.[ | 2025 | Attentive FP | Molecular graphs | 972 | Anionic, cationic, nonionic, and zwitterionic surfactants | – | 3.407 |
| Ge et al.[ | 2025 | XGBoost | Mole fraction, log concentration, interaction parameters, molecular descriptors | 1135 | Polyether nonionic surfactants+four representative surfactants (SDS, CTAB, TX100, BS12) | 0.999 | 0.260a |
| Authors | Year | Algorithm | Features/Descriptors | Dataset size | Data description | R2 (Test) | RMSE (mN/m) (Test) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaudin et al.[ | 2018 | MLR | Quantum chemical descriptors | 70 | Sugar-based nonionic surfactants (cyclic/non-cyclic head groups; linear/branched/unsaturated chains) | 0.780 | 2.400 |
| Hemmati-Sarapardeh et al.[ | 2023 | GBRT | Temperature, n-alkane molecular weight, concentration, HLB, PIT | 390 | Five ionic surfactants (C10TAB, C12TAB, C14TAB, C16TAB, SDS) | 0.985 | 1.628 |
| Pradilla et al.[ | 2023 | RF | 37 manually defined molecular descriptors | 691+9 | 691 conventional surfactants+ 9 amino acids | 0.550 | 4.720 |
| Saeedi Dehaghani et al.[ | 2023 | SGBT | Temperature, mole fraction, molecular weight, density, boiling point, etc. | 4010 | 122 binary mixtures (48 ionic liquids+20 nonionic liquids) | 0.993 | 0.001 |
| Ham et al.[ | 2024 | GNN | Molecular graphs, MD simulations, geometric descriptors | 92 | Anionic, cationic, nonionic, and zwitterionic surfactants | 0.900 | 2.640 |
| Robinson et al.[ | 2025 | Attentive FP | Molecular graphs | 972 | Anionic, cationic, nonionic, and zwitterionic surfactants | – | 3.407 |
| Ge et al.[ | 2025 | XGBoost | Mole fraction, log concentration, interaction parameters, molecular descriptors | 1135 | Polyether nonionic surfactants+four representative surfactants (SDS, CTAB, TX100, BS12) | 0.999 | 0.260a |
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