Effective algorithm for material exploration in ceramics with combinatorial technology

Combinatorial preparation of solid-state materials by injection moulding

“…1,2 However, the improved efficiency of a combinatorial approach makes it possible to treat complex systems and interactions in a "faster, cheaper, and more convenient" way and has stimulated much progress in the past few years in studies of phase diagrams and composition-structure-property relationships. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Various parallel synthesis strategies have been developed to produce materials libraries. For instance, the combinatorial thin film deposition technique by physical deposition processes, which utilizes natural gradient profiles followed by interdiffusion, has been developed for phase diagrams of alloys.…”

“…8 Instead of homogeneous solutions from soluble compounds, high reactive nanoparticle powders could be used to prepare stable suspensions, which have been proven to be applicable in automatic microdispensers or ink-jet delivery systems to produce combinatorial libraries. [8][9][10][11][12][13] Due to the nanometric particle size of the suspension, the mixing of different precursors and the interdiffusion between the particles can be more effective than that in the homogeneous solutions, in which one precursor could be precipitated prior to others. 8 However, this method is limited to the treatment of nanoparticles and the stability of the nanoparticle suspensions has to be well-controlled to avoid sedimentation or agglomeration during operation.…”