Patent ID: 7776250

Claim:
A method for forming an imprinted polymer support, the method comprising the steps of: providing a substrate and a mold, the mold having a defined surface pattern for defining the shape of one or more polymer imprints; providing a first polymerisable medium with at least one functional monomer and a free radical initiator on a first portion of the defined surface pattern of the mold; providing a second polymerisable medium with at least one functional monomer that is different from the functional monomer of the first polymerisable medium and a free radical initiator on a second portion of the defined surface pattern of the mold; polymerising the polymerisable mediums to form a plurality of polymer imprints; contacting the polymerisable mediums on the surface of the substrate during polymerisation to adhere the polymer imprints to the surface of the substrate; and separating the mold and the substrate comprising the formed polymer imprints, wherein the polymer imprints confer different functionalities to the substrate.