What this tool does
QA turns your uploaded papers into a searchable database, finds the passages most
relevant to your question, and answers you.
When to use it
Use it when you want answers grounded in a specific set of documents.
Instructions
- Enter an OpenAI or Google Gemini API key, choose a model, and click Confirm.
- Name your database, upload your PDF, TXT, or image files, and click Upload. For more than 1000 files, upload a ZIP instead.
- Wait for the upload and embedding progress to finish.
- Select one or more databases to search — hold Ctrl/Cmd to select several.
- Type your question and click Ask.
What this tool does
System Chart Extraction reads each uploaded paper in full and extracts its materials
system chart — the reported links between processing, structure, properties, and
performance — along with the supporting citations from that paper.
When to use it
Use it when you want structured system charts across a set of papers,
or when you need system_charts.txt files as input for Hypotheses Generation.
Instructions
- Enter an OpenAI or Google Gemini API key, choose a model, and click Confirm.
- Name your database, upload the papers you want to analyze, and click Upload.
- Select the database(s) to process. Tick Enable visualization if you also want the extracted charts drawn.
- Click Confirm and wait — papers are processed one at a time and progress is shown.
- Download the ZIP. It contains system_charts.txt (the charts) and all_details.txt (the full analysis).
- Optionally use Continue System Chart Extraction Conversations to ask follow-up questions about an individual paper.
What this tool does
Hypotheses Generation combines mechanisms drawn from different materials system charts
and proposes design hypotheses that make those mechanisms interdependent under the
design goal you specify.
When to use it
Use it once you have system charts from at least two papers and a materials design goal
in mind — for example, when looking for non-obvious ways to combine mechanisms that were
reported in separate studies.
Instructions
- Enter an OpenAI or Google Gemini API key, choose a model, and click Confirm.
- Upload one or more system_charts.txt files from System Chart Extraction — not all_details.txt. Together they must contain at least two system charts.
- Describe your materials design goals in plain language, then click Analyze design goals.
- Review and edit the two suggested design properties, and set the number of iterations (1–100).
- Click Confirm and wait, then download the ZIP containing hypotheses.txt.
- Optionally use Continue Hypothesis Analysis to paste a hypothesis plus paper content and explore it further.