The invention relates to a method for combinatorially producing a library of
materials by means of an electrochemical deposition in an array. The inventive
library is made from an array of containers that consist of an electroconductive
material, are open to the top and are electroconductively connected to a shared
current supply device and is made from a corresponding array of auxiliary electrodes
that are electroconductively connected to a shared current supply device and are
arranged in such a way that an auxiliary electrode plunges into a container respectively
or can be introduced therein without touching said container. The inventive method
comprises the following steps: filling the containers with electrolytes having
different compositions and containing electrolytically separable elements and applying
an electric voltage between the current supply devices of the containers and auxiliary
electrodes for obtaining an electrolytic deposition on the surfaces of the containers.
