Patent ID: 8603623

Claim:
A structure, comprising: a spatially organized polymer nanostructured thin film on a substrate; wherein the film comprises one more assemblies of parallel nanowires or submicron wires inclined at an angle other than a right angle with respect to the substrate; and a ligand adsorbate non-covalently attached to the polymer nanostructured thin film; wherein the ligand adsorbate is an alkylamine or a nitrogen-containing heterocycle capable of covalently binding to a Pd species; 2,2′-bipyridine; 4,4′-bipyridine; a quinoline; an isoquinoline; 1,10-phenanthroline; a pyridine; pyridine; a benzylamine; benzylamine; a phenylphosphonic acid; a phenol; thiophenol; a phenylboronic acid; or a pyridylboronic acid; or the ligand adsorbate binds a catalyst species comprising a chemical compound or a colloidal particle containing at least a Pd species.