| Autor: |
Talley KR; National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States.; Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering , Colorado School of Mines , 1500 Illinois Street , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States., Bauers SR; National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States., Melamed CL; National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States.; Department of Physics , Colorado School of Mines , 1500 Illinois Street , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States., Papac MC; National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States.; Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering , Colorado School of Mines , 1500 Illinois Street , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States., Heinselman KN; National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States., Khan I; National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States., Roberts DM; National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States.; Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of Colorado Boulder , Boulder , Colorado 80309 , United States., Jacobson V; National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States.; Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering , Colorado School of Mines , 1500 Illinois Street , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States., Mis A; National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States.; Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering , Colorado School of Mines , 1500 Illinois Street , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States., Brennecka GL; Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering , Colorado School of Mines , 1500 Illinois Street , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States., Perkins JD; National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States., Zakutayev A; National Renewable Energy Laboratory , 15013 Denver West Parkway , Golden , Colorado 80401 , United States. |
| Abstrakt: |
Combinatorial experiments involve synthesis of sample libraries with lateral composition gradients requiring spatially resolved characterization of structure and properties. Because of the maturation of combinatorial methods and their successful application in many fields, the modern combinatorial laboratory produces diverse and complex data sets requiring advanced analysis and visualization techniques. In order to utilize these large data sets to uncover new knowledge, the combinatorial scientist must engage in data science. For data science tasks, most laboratories adopt common-purpose data management and visualization software. However, processing and cross-correlating data from various measurement tools is no small task for such generic programs. Here we describe COMBIgor, a purpose-built open-source software package written in the commercial Igor Pro environment and designed to offer a systematic approach to loading, storing, processing, and visualizing combinatorial data. It includes (1) methods for loading and storing data sets from combinatorial libraries, (2) routines for streamlined data processing, and (3) data-analysis and -visualization features to construct figures. Most importantly, COMBIgor is designed to be easily customized by a laboratory, group, or individual in order to integrate additional instruments and data-processing algorithms. Utilizing the capabilities of COMBIgor can significantly reduce the burden of data management on the combinatorial scientist. |
