Software solutions for combinatorial and high-throughput materials and polymer research

Combinatorial and high-throughput experimentation has, over the past few years, started to play an increasingly important role in the area of materials and polymer science. However, many of the informatics tools currently available to support combinatorial experimentation were developed with the needs of medicinal and biological chemistry in mind. Recently, companies specialising in cheminformatics software have begun to address the need for dedicated materials informatics tools and, although still in its infancy, the development of such tools is rapidly gathering pace. This short review provides a summary of the current state-of-the-art.