Patent ID: 6872534

Claim:
An array of polymeric materials for use in characterization of the polymeric materials, comprising: (a) a substrate having a plurality of regions on the substrate that are not coated with an organosilane, wherein the substrate has a hole though it in the regions, and wherein the regions not coated with the organosilane have a border of the organosilane coated on the substrate, the organosilane being represented by the formula: R o SiX 4-a where each X is independently a halogen, each R is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, silyl, boryl, phosphino, amino, thio, seleno, and combinations thereof; and n is 1, 2 or 3, and (b) a polymer to be characterized deposited on the regions not coated with the organosilane, wherein the polymer covers the hole and the polymer is of a thickness to allow a transmission spectroscopy characterization technique to project through the polymer.