journal article·2025-04Open access

Developing ChemDFM as a large language foundation model for chemistry

Zihan Zhao, Da Ma, Lu Chen, Liangtai Sun, Zihao Li, Yi Xia, Bo Chen, Hongshen Xu, Zichen Zhu, Su Zhu, Shuai Fan, Guodong Shen, Kai Yu, Xin Chen

Cell Reports Physical Science· Volume 6· Issue 4

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