Patent ID: 7013709

Claim:
A method for high throughput preparation and characterization of materials, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of material samples including at least 4 samples; (b) forming the plurality of material samples into a plurality of films; (c) plastically deforming the plurality of films with an automated system comprising: i. at least one vessel with at least one opening; ii. an automated handling device for delivering the plurality of samples to the at least one opening of the at least one vessel; and iii. a pressure controller in fluid communication with the at least one vessel, wherein the automated system handling device delivers samples to the opening and the pressure controller raises or lowers pressure within the at least one vessel for plastically deforming the plurality of samples; and (d) screening the plurality of films to determine at least one characteristic of each of the plurality of material samples wherein the characteristic is affected by the step of plastically deforming the plurality of films.