Patent ID: 6962782

Claim:
A method for electrochemically fixing a matrix of deposits of a ligand on a plurality of sites of a conductive carrier or of conductive zones of a carrier, said method including use of an electrode and a carrier laterally movable relative to one another, said electrode being configured to distribute a discrete volume of a solution containing said ligand coupled to an electropolymerisable monomer, said method comprising the steps of: a) positioning the electrode above one of said plurality of sites, b) distributing with the electrode on said one of said plurality of sites said discrete volume of a solution and simultaneously circulating an electric current from said electrode to said site to polymerize said electropolymerisable monomer so as to electrochemically fix the ligand on said one of said plurality of sites, d) repositioning the electrode over another of said plurality of sites via lateral movement relative to the carrier, and e) repeating said steps of distributing and simultaneously circulating an electrical current so as to form said matrix.