Patent ID: 8852679

Claim:
A method for selecting a subset of particle-containing formulations from a plurality of particle-containing formulations comprising: providing a plurality of particle-containing formulations, wherein a variation is generated between at least two of the plurality of particle-containing formulations; providing a plurality of dip-coating conditions for dip coating a plurality of test substrates, wherein a variation is generated between at least two of the plurality of dip-coating conditions; simultaneously dip coating the plurality of test substrates under the plurality of dip-coating conditions in the plurality of particle-containing formulations to generate a plurality of particle-coated substrates, wherein the simultaneous dip coating of the plurality of test substrates in the plurality of particle-containing formulations comprises: simultaneously immersing at least a portion of each of the plurality of test substrates in one of the plurality of particle-containing formulations with a dip coating assembly, and wherein the dip coating assembly is configured to draw at least two of the plurality of test substrates from the respective particle-containing formulations at different speeds, and drawing at least two of the plurality of test substrates from the respective particle-containing formulations at different speeds with the dip coating assembly; characterizing the plurality of particle-coated substrates to obtain characterizing results; and selecting a subset of the plurality of particle-containing formulations based on the characterizing of the plurality of particle-coated substrates.