Patent ID: 6630308
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: B01J,B01L,B82Y,C07B,C07C,C07D,C07H,C07K,C08G,C12Q,C40B,G01N,G03F,G11C,H01L,Y02P,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of synthesizing a plurality of different polymers on a surface of a substrate, comprising:(a) providing a substrate having localized areas and removable protecting groups; (b) generating an electric current or field at a localized area; (c) removing the protecting group at a localized area using an electrochemically generated activator to form an activated functional group at the localized area; (d) contacting the functional group with a polymer reagent which has a protecting group and can react with the functional group in the localized area; and (e) repeating (a)-(d) to synthesize a plurality of different polymers at localized areas on the substrate.