Patent ID: 6689473
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A61L,B05D,B82Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of providing an amphiphilic self-assembling monolayer on a surface, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing on the surface both latent reactive groups and a monolayer formed of amphiphilic self-assembling monolayer molecules, and b) activating the latent reactive groups under conditions suitable to either covalently attach the self-assembled monolayer to the surface and/or to form a stable monolayer film on the surface, by initiating polymerization of suitable groups provided by the amphiphilic self-assembling monolayer molecules themselves and/or by forming intermolecular bonds between the amphiphilic self-assembling monolayer molecules;wherein the surface is provided by a device having small pores and wherein the small pores have a diameter of about 1 micron or less.