Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.25, No.1, 95-107, 2004
High-throughput experimentation in organic coating and thin film research: State-of-the-art and future perspectives
The success of automated and parallel drug-discovery workflows in pharmaceutical research has sparked similar developments in materials science. This contribution provides an overview of published high-throughput experimentation work in the area of polymeric coatings and thin films. Methodological aspects, experimental examples, and remaining challenges are discussed.