Patent ID: 6936471
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: B01J,B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of screening a combinatorial library of materials for at least one physical property, comprising: mechanically perturbing an array of a plurality of materials on a common substrate by applying a strain or a shear to at least two of the materials simultaneously with probes; monitoring, with a sensor, a force exerted by each of the materials in response to the mechanical perturbations, wherein the probe is located between the sensor and the material; and relating the monitored force to at least one physical property, wherein the physical property is selected from the group consisting of flexure, uniaxial extension, biaxial compression, shear, indentation, stress and strain at failure, tack, loop tack, Young's modulus, hardness, storage modulus, loss modulus and combinations thereof.