An apparatus and method for screening combinatorial libraries of materials by measuring the response of individual library members to mechanical perturbations is described. The apparatus generally includes a sample holder for containing the library members, an array of probes for mechanically perturbing...http://www.google.de/patents/US6679130?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6679130 - Instrument for high throughput measurement of material physical properties of a plurality of samples