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Library Preparation using an Aspirating-Dispensing Ink-Jet Printer for Combinatorial Studies in Ceramics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Jian Wang  and
Julian R.G. Evans
Jian Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
Julian R.G. Evans*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: j.r.g.evans@qmul.ac.uk
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Abstract

This paper describes an aspirating-dispensing ink-jet printer embedded in a combinatorial robot for high throughput studies in ceramics; LUSI, the London University Search Instrument. The process of reformatting well-plates from source inks and printing ceramic samples is described. Precautions against evaporation, sedimentation of colloidal suspensions, and segregation of mixtures during drying are taken to convert compositions specified in a spreadsheet into the form of ∼1 mm radius drops. It is concluded that when these precautions are taken, commercially available powders can be combinatorially mixed in LUSI to produce samples of2.4 mg to within 1–3 wt% accuracy.

Keywords

CeramicCombinatorial synthesisInk-jet printing
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 10 , October 2005 , pp. 2733 - 2740
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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