High‐Throughput Experimentation in Organic Coating and Thin Film Research: State‐of‐the‐Art and Future Perspectives

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Abstract Summary: The success of automated and parallel drug‐discovery workflows in pharmaceutical research has sparked similar developments in materials science. This contribution provides an overview of published high‐throughput experimentation work in the area of polymeric coatings and thin films. Methodological aspects, experimental examples, and remaining challenges are discussed. Robotic system (GE) for crosshatch application. magnified image Robotic system (GE) for crosshatch application.