Patent ID: 6747143
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: B01J,B01L,B82Y,C07B,C07C,C07D,C07H,C07K,C08G,C12Q,C40B,G01N,G03F,G11C,H01L,Y02P,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for synthesizing polymers on a substrate comprising the steps of:(a) providing a substrate comprising polymers immobilized on a surface thereof, the polymers each coupled to a photoremovable protecting group; (b) directing light using a mirror onto the surface of the substrate so as to reach only a first location to remove the protecting groups from the polymers in the first locations; and (c) contacting the substrate with a first monomer to couple the first monomer to the polymers in the first location, the first monomer having a photoremovable protecting group thereon and wherein the polymers in the first location are different from polymers in a second location.