Patent ID: 7488407

Claim:
A microfluidic device comprising an enclosed channel having a polymer disposed therein, wherein the polymer has the generic formula wherein, A, is selected from styrene, methacrylonitrile, acrylates, vinyl pyridine, or methacrylates, B is selected from divinylbenzene, ethylene glycol dimethylacrylate, or trimethylolpropane trimethylacrylate and C is selected from trialkoxysilyl functionalized monomers, sulfonates, phosphonates, boronates, alkyl ammonium, or ammonium compounds containing active vinyl groups, trimethyloxysilylpropylmethacrylate, sodium vinyl sulfonate, vinyl phosphonic acid, or 4 vinyl phenylboronic acid, x, y, and z are greater than zero and can be equal or unequal and q is greater than zero and; basic functionalities, wherein said basic functionalities include vinyl pyridine or vinyl imidazole.