Techniques for Combinatorial and High-Throughput Microscopy Part 1: Gradient Specimen Fabrication for Poiymer Thin Film Research

Abstract

Combinatorial and high-throughput (C&HT) approaches accelerate research by addressing multiple experimental parameters in a parallel or otherwise highly efficient fashion. First used by the pharmaceutical industry for product discovery, the C&HT paradigm is being extended to the study of complex materials systems that require measurements of properties and phenomena over a huge number of conditions. As with traditional materials science, microscopy and imaging of morphology are essential for C&HT materials research.