Patent ID: 7452572

Claim:
A method of patterning redox-active polymers on a surface to form surface-bound redox-active polymers, said method comprising: providing redox-active molecules bearing at least a first reactive site or group and a second reactive site or group, wherein said first reactive site or group is a species reactive with said second reactive site or group and said first reactive site or group and said second reactive site or group are the same species; and contacting said surface with said redox-active molecules, where said contacting is under conditions that result in attachment of said redox-active molecules to said surface via said first reactive site or group, and attachment of redox-active molecules directly to each other via a reaction between the first reactive site or group on one redox-active molecule and the second reactive site or group on the attached redox-active molecule, thereby forming a polymer attached to said surface where said polymers comprise at least two of said redox-active molecules.