Symyx Technologies, Inc.

Christopher J Warren

Leonid Matsiev

Robert C Haushalter

Eric W McFarland

Martin Devenney

Earl Danielson

An electrochemical deposition and testing system consisting of individually addressable electrode arrays, a fully automated deposition head, and a parallel screening apparatus is described. The system is capable of synthesizing and screening millions of new compositions at an unprecedented rate.

Combinatorial electrochemical deposition and testing system

Methods and apparatus are provided for the preparation of a substrate having an array of diverse materials, the materials being deposited at spatially addressable, predefined regions. In particular, potential masking systems are provided which generate spatially and temporally varying electric, magnetic and chemical potentials across a substrate. These varying potentials are used to deposit components of source materials onto a substrate in a combinatorial fashion, thus creating arrays of materials that differ slightly in chemical composition, concentration, stoichiometry, and/or thickness. The diverse materials may be organized in discrete arrays, or they may vary continuously over the surface of the substrate. The shape of the potential allows the determination of the composition of the resulting materials at all locations on the substrate.

Potential masking systems and methods for combinatorial library synthesis

Method for creating and testing a combinatorial array employing individually addressable electrodes

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Christopher J Warren