Tools to Rapidly Produce and Screen Biodegradable Polymer and Sol-Gel-Derived Xerogel Formulations

Abstract
A new method to rapidly produce and screen biodegradable polymer- and xerogel-based formulations is described. The approach is based on a high-speed pin printer and imaging with an epi-fluorescence microscope/charge-coupled device detector. By using this approach we can produce and screen over 600 formulations/h and rapidly identify lead formulations and/or compositions that are the most useful for the development of biodegradable devices or (bio)sensors.