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Inorganic thin-film combinatorial studies for rapidly optimising functional properties
Andreas Kafizas1, Ivan P Parkin
1Materials Chemistry Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, UK WC1H 0AJ.
Combinatorial chemistry accelerates materials discovery and property optimization across diverse fields like energy and electronics. This review highlights how these methods refine functional materials, leading to significant advancements.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Chemistry
Background:
- Combinatorial chemistry is widely used in drug discovery and materials science.
- Over 20 new material families discovered since the mid-1990s.
- Current focus on optimizing functional properties of existing materials.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review key developments in materials property optimization using combinatorial methods.
- To focus on how functional-property relationships are derived from combinatorial studies.
Main Methods:
- Critical review of literature on combinatorial materials science.
- Analysis of functional-property relationships derived from combinatorial studies.
Main Results:
- Covered key developments in optimizing bandgap, ferro/di-electric, fuel cell, H(2) storage, hardness, Li battery, luminescence, magnetic, photocatalytic, photovoltaic, shape-memory, transparent conducting oxide, and thermoelectric materials.
- Extensive review of 217 references.
Conclusions:
- Combinatorial methods are crucial for optimizing a wide range of functional material properties.
- Functional-property relationships derived from combinatorial studies are key to materials advancement.
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