DSpinGNN: A Physics-Informed Equivariant Graph Neural Network for Dynamic Magnetic Exchange Prediction in Strain-Deformed Monolayer CrI$_3$

Abstract

Resolving the instantaneous, position-dependent isotropic magnetic exchange coupling $J_{ij}$ across a dynamically deforming crystal lattice requires a computational approach that simultaneously handles structural forces and magnetic interactions at length scales inaccessible to first-principles methods. Here we introduce DSpinGNN, a bifurcated machine-learning architecture comprising an $E(3)$-equivariant graph neural network (E-GNN) for classical Langevin structural dynamics and a physics-informed $Δ$-MLP that maps instantaneous local Cr-I-Cr bond geometry to isotropic exchange couplings, with the Goodenough-Kanamori superexchange relationship embedded as an analytical inductive bias. Trained on 345 DFT+U configurations of monolayer CrI$_3$ and evaluated on a strictly withheld 61-configuration test set, DSpinGNN simultaneously achieves an energy MAE of $1.1$ meV/atom, a force MAE of $6.5$ meV/Å, and an exchange coupling MAE of $0.18$ meV ($R^2 = 0.91$). Deployed at 400$\times$ scale in a 3,200-atom supercell under a collinear Ising-constrained adiabatic approximation at $5$ K, the model maps the local exchange response to a propagating biaxial strain wave. Wave reflection at periodic boundaries generates transient constructive interference regions where local compressive strain exceeds the DFT-established FM-to-AFM threshold, producing spatially heterogeneous exchange coupling textures that damp as the wave dissipates. Quantitative analysis yields a domain wall width of $ξ= 1.7 \pm 0.3$~nm and a constructive-interference oscillation period of $τ= 0.27$~ps -- mesoscopic observables inaccessible to direct DFT and constituting testable predictions for cryogenic magnetic force microscopy. DSpinGNN provides a reproducible, transferable framework for mesoscale exchange mapping in strain-driven 2D magnetic materials.