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Added a research article by Chen et al. that reports on the use of a robotic inorganic materials synthesis laboratory to navigate high-dimensional phase diagrams for the efficient synthesis of complex materials. This study focuses on developing a thermodynamic strategy to select precursors that avoid low-energy competing by-products, maximizing reaction energy to drive fast phase transformation kinetics.
🧪 Synthesis: Robotic labto perform a large-scale experimental validation of precursor selection principles, demonstrating synthesis of quaternary oxides.
🔬 Characterization: The robotic system performs automated characterization of the reaction products, including phase purity assessment through X-ray diffraction.
🏗️ Sample transfer: The robotic lab automates transfer for precursor and prepared samples.
💻 Experiment planning: Data-driven automated approach to experiment planning and execution.
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Added a research article by Chen et al. that reports on the use of a robotic inorganic materials synthesis laboratory to navigate high-dimensional phase diagrams for the efficient synthesis of complex materials. This study focuses on developing a thermodynamic strategy to select precursors that avoid low-energy competing by-products, maximizing reaction energy to drive fast phase transformation kinetics.
🧪 Synthesis: Robotic labto perform a large-scale experimental validation of precursor selection principles, demonstrating synthesis of quaternary oxides.
🔬 Characterization: The robotic system performs automated characterization of the reaction products, including phase purity assessment through X-ray diffraction.
🏗️ Sample transfer: The robotic lab automates transfer for precursor and prepared samples.
💻 Experiment planning: Data-driven automated approach to experiment planning and execution.
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🧪🔬🏗️💻 | Navigating phase diagram complexity to guide robotic inorganic materials synthesis. Chen, J.; Cross, S. R.; Miara, L. J.; Cho, J.-J.; Wang, Y.; Sun, W. Nat. Synth 2024.