Patent ID: 7341872

Claim:
A method of making an array of materials in quantities suitable for research and development experiments comprising: a) introducing at least one component of a first material into an independent first vessel through a top opening of the first vessel; b) introducing at least one component of a second material into an independent second vessel through a top opening of the second vessel; c) removably locating said independent first vessel about a base at a first location and removably locating said independent second vessel about the base at a second location wherein the base provides a plurality of bores adapted to receive a plurality of vessels at least partially within the bore, each bore has a release opening at an end opposite the end of the bore that receives the vessel and the application of a displacement medium into one end of each bore at least partial ejects a plurality of the vessels from the opposite end of the bore for removal of at least a portion of the vessels from the base; d) transforming the component(s) in the first vessel into the first material and transforming the component(s) in the second vessel into the second material; e) determining at least one property of at least a portion of the first material in isolation from the second material; and, f) contacting the first and the second vessel with the displacement medium that simultaneously urges the first and second vessels from their respective first and second locations wherein the displacement medium comprises a release jig having a plurality of displacement pins affixed in pattern that aligns at least one pin with an open end of each bore and contact of each vessel with at least one pin at least partially ejects that respective vessel from the bore.