High throughput mechanical rapid serial property testing of materials libraries
AssigneeSymyx Technologies, Inc.
InventorPaul Mansky
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Abstract
A library of materials is screened for mechanical properties such as strength, tack, frictional resistance or other properties. A library of materials is provided. A stimulus such as a stress or force is provided to each member of the library. A response (e.g., a strain) of each of the materials due to the stimulus is measured and the response, the stimulus or both are recorded and related to provide data. Thereafter, the data is analyzed to reach conclusions regarding properties of the material samples.
Claims21
A method for screening an array of materials for a frictional force, comprising:
- providing a library of at least four material samples;
- applying one or more translational or rotational forces to each of the at least four material samples with one or more probes wherein the one or more probes contact the material samples and are moved by an automatic system for applying the one or more forces;
- monitoring a response of each of the at least four material samples to the one or more forces;
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- correlating the response of each of the at least four material samples to a frictional force of each of the at least four material samples, the frictional force resisting the movement of the one or more probes.
A method for measuring a frictional force of a plurality of material samples, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a library comprising at least four different material samples;
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- serially measuring the frictional force of each of the at least four different material samples at a throughput rate no greater than about 5 minutes per material sample, wherein the frictional force is measured by contacting one or more probes to the at least four different materials samples with an automatic system for applying one or more translational or rotational forces.
A method for screening an array of materials for a frictional force, comprising:
- providing one or more panel materials;
- attaching the one or more panel material to a substrate;
- dispensing at least four aliquots of liquid upon at least four discrete locations of the one or more panel materials for forming at least four panel material samples, each of the one or more panel materials providing an exposed surface;
- contacting a surface of the one or more panel materials with a surface of one or more probes using an automated system;
- urging the surface of the one or more probes to translate or rotate across the exposed surface of the at least four panel materials;
- measuring the resistance of the surface of the one or more material samples to the urging of the one or more probes;
- ranking the one or more material samples relative to each other based upon the measured resistance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.