Patent ID: 6346423
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: B01J,B82Y,C07B,C07H,C40B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for synthesizing a plurality of polymers on a substrate surface, said method comprising:(a) producing a solvent layer on said substrate surface, where said substrate surface has a plurality of individually activatable resistors associated with it; (b) performing at least two iterations of the following steps: (1) selectively protecting at least one site on said substrate surface with a protective bubble by selective activation of said resistors; (2) contacting said selectively protected substrate surface with a reactive agent under conditions sufficient for said reactive agent to react with unprotected susceptible moieties present on said substrate surface; and (3) removing unreacted reactive agent from said substrate surface; whereby a plurality of polymers are produced on said substrate surface.