| Abstract Scope |
The computational materials science community has made great advances in facilitating and supporting the development of new materials, particularly metallic alloys. However, experimental validation methods, in any high-throughput methodology, has been lacking. To overcome this limitation, the High-Throughput Rapid Experimental Alloy Development (HT-READ) platform was developed. The HT-READ platform is a true paradigm change in metallic alloy development, enabling fully automated synthesis and characterization of alloy samples. The enabling feature is the use of a single sample, with up to 16 individual alloy ‘spokes’ comprising a ‘wagon-wheel’ geometry. This geometry directly enables the automation of each of the characterization steps that can proceed without instrument operator. In the newly updated HT-READ platform, the powder handling process has now been automated. It is now possible to achieve truly high-throughput of metallic alloy development, with automated characterization across multiple instruments, from GDS, XRD, SEM-EDS, SEM-EBSD, microhardness and nano-indentation. |