Abstract
The discovery of new functional materials by exploring the phase space of multinary alloys is greatly accelerated by high-throughput experimental and computational screening methods.
On the experimental side, high-throughput screening requires sample sets with systematic variation of chemical composition. This can, e.g., by achieved by combinatorial pulsed laser deposition creating spatially addressable material libraries to be analyzed with spatially resolving physical property screening methods for high-throughput characterization.
We review the history of combinatorial material science, discuss the state of the art and finally provide perspectives on materials design and discovery.
Biography
Holger von Wenckstern has more than 15 years’ experience in the growth of wide bandgap semiconducting metal oxides by pulsed laser deposition for which he introduced a facile approach for combinatorial material synthesis.
His research is focused on the discovery of novel, functional solid-state materials, particularly wide bandgap semiconductors, and their application in proof-of-concept devices. He is author/co-author of more than 230 peer-reviewed journal articles, five book chapters (h=44, Google Scholar) and two patents.
In December 2020, he was appointed full professor at the University of Oslo and heads the flagship Solaris project.