Communication: The application of combinatorial methods to the synthes
is and characterization of novel materials is described for the case o
f solution-phase synthesis of phosphors based on rare-earth-activated
refractory metal oxides. A scanning multi-inkjet system is shown to be
suitable for the fabrication of a library such as (LamGd1-m)-AlnOx:Eu
-y(3-), the photoluminescence image of part of which is shown in the F
igure.