Patent ID: 6653138
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B01D,B01J,C40B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of researching for polymers, comprising:providing a ligand library comprising a plurality of chemically diverse member ligands in a spatially addressable format; creating a metal-ligand complex library by combining an aliquot of one or more of the member ligands of the ligand library with one or more metal precursors on ar common substrate, (i) wherein said library comprises at least two metal-ligand complexes in separate, spatially addressable regions of the common substrate that are the same, and (ii) wherein the member ligand(s) and the metal precursor(s) are selected to provide said same metal-ligand complexes from different member ligand and metal precursor combinations; mixing two or more starting components, wherein at least one of said starting components is a metal-ligand complex selected from said metal-ligand complex library; subjecting each of said mixtures of starting components to a polymerization reaction in parallel under polymerization conditions to create a polymer library having a plurality of members; forming a daughter library having a plurality of members from said polymer library; and, screening members of the polymer library and daughter library for a property of interest, at least a portion of the members of either the polymer or daughter library being screened for molecular weight.