Three-dimensional material library and process for producing a three-dimensional material library

Abstract

The present invention provides a material library which comprises a plurality of different materials in spatial distribution in a three-dimensional substrate, in which the material composition continuously changes along a hypothetical spatial axis of the substrate and in this manner provides a three-dimensional material library. In addition, the present invention provides a process for producing continuous three-dimensional material libraries which comprise a plurality of different materials in a substrate, in which firstly a first substance is applied to a first surface of a substrate, then a second substance is applied to a second surface region of the substrate which is identical or different to the first surface region, in which then the substances are distributed in the interior of the substrate according to a predefined concentration gradient and then react with one another. In addition, the invention provides a process for determining physicochemical properties of constituents in sections of a three-dimensional material library, in which a first parameter is determined simultaneously at at least two sections using a first sensor, the first parameter giving an indication of a first property of the respective constituents and a further parameter being determined simultaneously by a further sensor, in which the further parameter gives an indication of a further property of the respective constituents. In addition the present invention provides a process for the non-destructive in situ determination of constituents in sections of a three-dimensional material library by using three-dimensional interaction of electromagnetic radiation with constituents of sections of a three-dimensional material library, so that the resulting material libraries can be tested in situ in a simple manner.

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