A Retrieval-Augmented Multimodal Framework for Scientific Reasoning in Materials Science
摘要
Extracting multi-modal information from scientific documents can help answer questions in scientific research. This paper presents a multi-modal agent framework that combines structured summarization with multi-vector retrieval to enable cross-modal information extraction and reasoning for materials science research. Experimental results on the SciAssess benchmark demonstrate that the proposed approach outperforms strong LLM baselines, across multiple scientific tasks, such as alloy composition extraction, chart-based question answering, and procedural information understanding. This validates the effectiveness and versatility of the method, laying a foundation for the development of a scientific assistant.